Recent Posts by Grant Ronald

There is a big drive towards Oracle ADF and ADF Mobile training for Oracle partners and this is your chance to get training.  These bootcamps will be running in EMEA later this year and you can get full details here. 

Packt Publishing asked me to review Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide by Vinod Krishnan, so on a couple of long flights I managed to get through the book in a couple of sittings. One point to make clear before I go into the review.  Having authored "The Quick Start Guide to Fusion Development: JDeveloper and Oracle ADF", I've written a book which covers the same topic/beginner level.  I also think that its worth stating up front that I applaud anyone who has gone ...

I'm very pleased to announce that we are launching a new on line learning initiative called ADF Academy.  The first release is focused on ADF Mobile.  This is an interactive learning course which includes interviews with ADF Mobile experts, live demos, and quizes; all delivered through an engaging and dynamic learning style.  The whole idea is to move away from the bullet point driven learning we often see, and instead move to a much more engaging model of learning.  I'm...

June 12th will be the Scottish Oracle User Group at which I'll be presenting two sessions.  The first is What to do with your Oracle Forms Applications and Developers.  The second session will be Mobile Application Development for the Enterprise. 

I've just uploaded a new video to our official YouTube Channel which shows how to access to the local SQLite database from an ADF Mobile application.  Very useful feature if you want to run off line data retrieval and storage. 

I'm pleased to announce that Andrejus Baranovskis, one of the leading experts in Oracle ADF, is running a free webinar masterclass on the 14th of May 2013.  This is a chance for you to learn from a consultant who is behind some of the most successful ADF implementations.  Full details can be found on his blog here but if you have any interest in building successful ADF projects, this is the man to listen to!

After the success of the generic mobile development SIG earlier in the year, the UKOUG are having a SIG focused on ADF Mobile, the technology behind the mobility of Fusion Applications.  Topics include device integration, security, web service development for mobile and user experience.  Its on the 21st May in Oracle's UK London city office. Places are, as usual, limited so get registered ASAP.

For anyone looking to skill up on ADF Mobile, Chris Muir is running a series of events in Australia in April and May.  Each will be a full day covering how to build mobile applications, security, integration with device features like phone/GPS/email, and apart from anything else is a chance to learn from one of the leading experts in Oracle ADF.  You can get full details from Chris' blog.

For those of you looking at ADF Mobile for building on-device mobile applications we published a playlist called ADF Mobile - Integrating Device Services which brings together the various videos we recorded on how to integrate ADF Mobile applications with device features such as SMS, email and camera.