Uploading Application to Oracle Developer Cloud Service Git Repository using Oracle JDeveloper

Before You Begin

This 15-minute tutorial shows you how to clone an Oracle Developer Cloud Service project Git repository to your local computer and then upload an Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF) application to it using Oracle JDeveloper.

Background

In this tutorial, you use the Oracle Alta UI Work Better sample application and upload it to a Git repository of your ORacle Developer Cloud Service project.

The Alta UI Work Better sample application is a demo application that uses the Alta UI to develop the most recent Oracle Cloud products.

What Do You Need?

• A web browser
• Your Oracle Cloud account credentials
• An Oracle Cloud account with an active Oracle Developer Cloud Service instance
• Oracle JDeveloper
• Team Server configured to connect to your Oracle Developer Cloud Service instance
  See the Integrating Oracle Developer Cloud Service with JDeveloper OBE.
• An Oracle Developer Cloud Service project with an empty Git repository
  This OBE assumes that you are using a Demo project with an empty adf-sample-application.git Git repository in it.
  See Create an empty Oracle Developer Cloud Service Project and Create and Populate a Git Repository OBEs to learn how to create a project and an empty Git repository.
• Oracle Alta UI WorkBetterFaces Application Demo
  Click here to download the WorkBetterFaces.zip file to your computer.

Clone the Project Git Repository

In this section, you clone the empty Git repository of your project to your computer using JDeveloper.

1. In JDeveloper, select Window > Team to open the Team tab.
2. Select the Demo project to open it.

   

3. In the Team tab, expand Sources and click the get link of the adf-sample-application.git repository.

   

4. In the Get Sources from Oracle Developer Cloud Services dialog box, click Get from Developer Server.

   

5. On the Welcome page of the Clone from Git wizard, click Next.

   

6. On the Remote Repository page, click Next.

   

   The wizard picks the values of Repository URL, Username, and Password from the Team Server.
7. On the Remote Branch page, click Next.

   

   The page is empty because the Git repository being cloned is empty.
8. On the Destination page, if necessary, update the following values and click Next. The Checkout Branch drop-down list is expected to be empty.
   • Destination: The path of the directory where you want to clone the Git repository
   • Clone Name: The name of the cloned Git repository directory

   

9. On the Git Clone Summary page, click Finish.

   

10. In the New Gallery dialog box that opens automatically, click Cancel to close the dialog box.

Commit and Push the ADF Application to Oracle Cloud Developer Service

In this section, you add the Oracle Alta UI Work Better Application to the cloned Git repository directory.

1. In the cloned repository directory, extract the contents of the Oracle Alta UI Work Better Application zip file.

   

2. In JDeveloper, select File > Open, and open the WorkBetterFaces application.

   

3. From the Team menu, select Git, and then select Add All.

   

4. In the Add All dialog box, click OK.

   

   After all files are added to the staging index, notice that the icons in the Applications window now show a plus (+) sign in the lower-left corner.

   

5. From the Team menu, select Git, and then select Commit All.

   

6. In the Commit All dialog box, enter Initial commit as comment in Comments, specify your name and email address in the Author and Commiter fields in the Name <email> format, and click OK.

   

   Notice that the icons in the Applications window now show a yellow circle in the lower-left corner.

   

7. From the Team menu, select Git, and then select Push.

   

8. On the Welcome page of the Push to Git wizard, click Next.

   

9. On the Remote Repository page, click Next.

   

   The wizard picks the values of Repository URL, Username, and Password from the Team Server.
10. On the Local Branch page, click Next.

    

    The master branch was created automatically when you committed the application files.
11. On the Commits page, click Next.

    

12. On the Git Push Summary page, click Finish.

    

    A Git Push progress bar appears in the Status bar of JDeveloper. Wait for JDeveloper to push all files to the project Git repository.
13. After the Git Push is completed, open the project in the Oracle Developer Cloud Service web interface and verify the commit on the Project page.

    

Want to Learn More?

• Using Oracle JDeveloper with Oracle Developer Cloud Service in Using Developer Cloud Service
• Oracle Developer Cloud Service product page
• Oracle Developer Cloud Service documentation page in the Oracle Help Center