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Using the Oracle Public Maven Repository With ADF Applications

Apache Maven lovers, rejoice! Thanks to the Fusion Middleware team, Oracle now has a public repository for you to use! It is located at http://maven.oracle.com....

Apache Maven lovers, rejoice! Thanks to the Fusion Middleware team, Oracle now has a public repository for you to use! It is located at http://maven.oracle.com. The official Fusion Middleware documentation even contains a section on how to configure your environment to leverage it. While accurate, this documentation is fairly generic. My aim in this post is to explain you how to use the repository with ADF applications. I recorded a video demonstration as well. I started to...

GeneratedPassword: a hidden MAF gem

The transition from ADF Mobile to the Oracle Mobile Application Framework earlier this year brought us many great new features. Some of them were very visible,...

The transition from ADF Mobile to the Oracle Mobile Application Framework earlier this year brought us many great new features. Some of them were very visible, such as new Data Visualization components or the new Oracle Alta UI skin. Others are more difficult to find. In this post, I want to introduce you to one of the latter, namely the GeneratedPassword class, which is part of the oracle.adfmf.framework.api package. The sole function of GeneratedPassword is to generate and...

Mobile and Social login connections in Oracle MAF: a few hints to install the server-side components

Of all the new security-related features introduced in the Oracle Mobile Application Framework, the most interesting ones are in my opinion support for the...

Of all the new security-related features introduced in the Oracle Mobile Application Framework, the most interesting ones are in my opinion support for the OAuth 2.0 protocol and the tight integration to Oracle's identity management solutions. The former enables you to build MAF applications that will integrate with popular public APIs, such as the ones offered by Google and Facebook. The latter makes the implementation of comprehensive access control scenarios significantly...

JDeveloper 12.1.3 is good news for Maven fans

JDeveloper 12c 12.1.3 is finally available. The list of new features and enhancements is quite impressive. Have a look! You will not be disappointed....

JDeveloper 12c 12.1.3 is finally available. The list of new features and enhancements is quite impressive. Have a look! You will not be disappointed. Personally, I was very happy to discover than Apache Maven support has been enhanced in two small but critical areas: paths and archetypes. Don't get me wrong: Maven support in 12.1.2 is leaps and bounds ahead what 11g offers. But the tweaks brought in 12.1.3 make a significant difference.  The main issue with the Maven support...

Going to Vegas? Don't gamble with your learning and attend my sessions!

Next week, I will be in Las Vegas for the Collaborate 2014 conference. I have the privilege to deliver two sessions there. Are you intrigued by ADF Essentials?...

Next week, I will be in Las Vegas for the Collaborate 2014 conference. I have the privilege to deliver two sessions there. Are you intrigued by ADF Essentials? Would you like to know how to use APEX applications as a back-end for mobile applications? Here is your chance to learn more!178: A Free Toolkit for Modern Web Applications: A Look at ADF EssentialsDate: 04/08/2014 (Tuesday)Time: 4:15 PMLocation: Level 3, Murano 3205179: Bring Your APEX Application to iOS and Android...

ADF Mobile: the Access Control Service

ADF Mobile applications use standard HTTP mechanisms for authentication.  The HTTP protocol, however, does not handle authorization. Thus, to enable...

ADF Mobile applications use standard HTTP mechanisms for authentication.  The HTTP protocol, however, does not handle authorization. Thus, to enable applications to obtain the roles and privileges of a specific user,  you need to implement a REST web service called the Access Control Service. In this post, I will show you how to implement the foundations for that service.  The product documentation states that the Access Control Service consumes and produces JSON data. The...

Sometimes a new skin is not enough

I often have the opportunity to present about Oracle's mobile technologies. In those presentations, I usually explain to the audience that building and...

I often have the opportunity to present about Oracle's mobile technologies. In those presentations, I usually explain to the audience that building and maintaining a mobile application will force them to make their software development processes more agile. The reason for this is simple. Mobile technologies evolve at consumer speed. Mobile operating systems are updated frequently, and applications must follow suit. The best proof I can give is the evolution of ADF Mobile...

Picking up the threads in ADF Mobile

There is a huge difference between the actual performance of an application and the user's perception of that performance. Typically, developers will try to...

There is a huge difference between the actual performance of an application and the user's perception of that performance. Typically, developers will try to improve the latter by delegating time-consuming tasks to background threads; in other words: asynchronous processing makes it possible to keep the user interface responsive at all times. This is especially important in mobile applications, where network bandwidth and latency can fluctuate wildly in a short time frame....

Juggling with JDKs on Apple OS X

I recently got a shiny new MacBook Pro to help me support our ADF Mobile customers. It is really a wonderful piece of hardware, although I am still adjusting to...

I recently got a shiny new MacBook Pro to help me support our ADF Mobile customers. It is really a wonderful piece of hardware, although I am still adjusting to Apple's peculiar keyboard layout. Did you know, for example, that the « delete » key actually performs a « backspace »? But I disgress... As you may know, ADF Mobile development still requires JDeveloper 11gR2, which in turn runs on Java 6. On the other hand, JDeveloper 12c needs JDK 7. I wanted to install both...