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A conversation with Avi Miller, Sr. Product Manager, about the Linux and Open Source.

A conversation with Avi Miller, Sr. Product Manager, about the Linux and Open Source.

Looking to expand your knowledge and grow? Read through the below 29 technical blog posts by 23 Oracle ACE Program members. You're sure to find a new perspective!

Looking to expand your knowledge and grow? Read through the below 29 technical blog posts by 23 Oracle ACE Program members. You're sure to find a new perspective!

The 46 blog posts written by 25 Oracle ACE Program members below are ripe for the reading! Take your pick of everything from Database, Cloud, APEX, and more.

The 46 blog posts written by 25 Oracle ACE Program members below are ripe for the reading! Take your pick of everything from Database, Cloud, APEX, and more.

In this post, we'll talk about a new module to provide powerful integrations between the Micronaut framework and Oracle Cloud.

In this post, we'll talk about a new module to provide powerful integrations between the Micronaut framework and Oracle Cloud.

How to use Visual Studio IDE with OCI SDK for .NET when accessing Oracle Cloud. This blog will help new and old developers to get a feel of Oracle Cloud with our newly released SDK for .NET with one of the most popular IDEs, Visual Studio

How to use Visual Studio IDE with OCI SDK for .NET when accessing Oracle Cloud. This blog will help new and old developers to get a feel of Oracle Cloud with our newly released SDK for .NET with...

In this blog, I demonstrate how to use Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Codespaces with Oracle Cloud software development kit (SDK) for .NET to build an application that can access Oracle Cloud. I cover steps for onboarding to Oracle Cloud and general set up required to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer Tools with some more specifics for .NET SDK, and how to run and debug this application in VS Code or VS Codespaces.

In this blog, I demonstrate how to use Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Codespaces with Oracle Cloud software development kit (SDK) for .NET to build an application that can access Oracle Cloud. I...

There's beauty in the details and 27 of our Oracle ACEs have plenty to share! Enjoy a nice blend of Database, Cloud, SQL and more in these 41 blog posts.

There's beauty in the details and 27 of our Oracle ACEs have plenty to share! Enjoy a nice blend of Database, Cloud, SQL and more in these 41 blog posts.

Top Ten 60 Second Developer Stories

Top Ten 60 Second Developer Stories

Announcement of source code availability for project Verrazzano on GitHub.

Announcement of source code availability for project Verrazzano on GitHub.

Congratulations to the latest additions to the Oracle ACE Program! The following 13 people have been recognized and awarded for their expertise and technical contributions in the Oracle community. Learn more about these featured community leaders and follow along as they continue to share their knowledge.

Congratulations to the latest additions to the Oracle ACE Program! The following 13 people have been recognized and awarded for their expertise and technical contributions in the Oracle...

Did you know that instead of creating a bunch of code you can use Kafka Connect and just with a settings file do a lot of connections? You can connect with JDBC, HDFS, Object Store, and many others in a simple way.

Did you know that instead of creating a bunch of code you can use Kafka Connect and just with a settings file do a lot of connections? You can connect with JDBC, HDFS, Object Store, and many others in...

Members of the Oracle ACE Program continue to take their contributions to new heights. This week, 22 members are bringing you 39 blog posts on Database, SQL, OCI, and more!

Members of the Oracle ACE Program continue to take their contributions to new heights. This week, 22 members are bringing you 39 blog posts on Database, SQL, OCI, and more!

Grab yourself a nice cup of coffee and enjoy these 11 videos featuring 10 members of the Oracle ACE Program. What's brewing? Database, SQL, and more!

Grab yourself a nice cup of coffee and enjoy these 11 videos featuring 10 members of the Oracle ACE Program. What's brewing? Database, SQL, and more!

This is another introduction post where I show some initial examples and codes for you being able to start playing with Oracle Streaming Service OSS.

This is another introduction post where I show some initial examples and codes for you being able to start playing with Oracle Streaming Service OSS.

In this interview former Groundbreakers Podcast host Bob Rhubart, now retired, shares how he moved into tech, what inspires him, and share highlights from his career at Oracle.

In this interview former Groundbreakers Podcast host Bob Rhubart, now retired, shares how he moved into tech, what inspires him, and share highlights from his career at Oracle.

Thirty members of the Oracle ACE Program are making a splash with 41 blog posts between July 26 and August 1. Get comfortable and have a read!

Thirty members of the Oracle ACE Program are making a splash with 41 blog posts between July 26 and August 1. Get comfortable and have a read!

In this post, we'll look at calling REST APIs from your SQL scripts. You might be surprised what is possible!

In this post, we'll look at calling REST APIs from your SQL scripts. You might be surprised what is possible!

The Maven Enforcer plugin is a valuable addition to your developer toolbox. It can help you detect problems early on and during the build process.

The Maven Enforcer plugin is a valuable addition to your developer toolbox. It can help you detect problems early on and during the build process.

In this post, we'll create our first Autonomous JSON Database instance, our first JSON collection and some basic CRUD operations all without leaving the browser.

In this post, we'll create our first Autonomous JSON Database instance, our first JSON collection and some basic CRUD operations all without leaving the browser.

Oracle announced the availability of Autonomous JSON Database—a new cloud service built for JSON-centric developers.

Oracle announced the availability of Autonomous JSON Database—a new cloud service built for JSON-centric developers.

The members of the Oracle ACE Program continuously and graciously contribute to the Oracle community. The month of July was no different. The 7 Oracle ACE Program members listed below have written and published 8 articles this past month. Have a read, knowledge is on the horizon! 

The members of the Oracle ACE Program continuously and graciously contribute to the Oracle community. The month of July was no different. The 7 Oracle ACE Program members listed below have written and...

Overcoming the challenges of microservices complexity with the converged database approach.

Overcoming the challenges of microservices complexity with the converged database approach.

In this post, we'll see how to use instance and resource principal authentication with the OCI SDK for TypeScript & JavaScript.

In this post, we'll see how to use instance and resource principal authentication with the OCI SDK for TypeScript & JavaScript.

Shift your focus to 38 blog posts written by 26 Oracle ACE Program members. A fresh, new perspective is just one click away.

Shift your focus to 38 blog posts written by 26 Oracle ACE Program members. A fresh, new perspective is just one click away.

Groovy and jbang may be used to author self-contained scripts that rely on JDBC to connect to databases.

Groovy and jbang may be used to author self-contained scripts that rely on JDBC to connect to databases.

An opportunity to harness the power of Oracle Database is coming up on August 13th and August 18th for the first event of the new Oracle Developer Live virtual series. The event will consist of technical sessions, hands-on labs, demos, panels, and live Q&A with experts.

An opportunity to harness the power of Oracle Database is coming up on August 13th and August 18th for the first event of the new Oracle Developer Live virtual series. The event will consist...

Connecting to an Oracle Autonomous Database instance via JDBC requires just a couple of steps which will be described in this post.

Connecting to an Oracle Autonomous Database instance via JDBC requires just a couple of steps which will be described in this post.

An overview of the Oracle Groundbreakers Tour 2020 Latin America

An overview of the Oracle Groundbreakers Tour 2020 Latin America

This week's technical produce consists of 39 blog posts written by 27 Oracle ACE Program members. Have a read for some food for thought!

This week's technical produce consists of 39 blog posts written by 27 Oracle ACE Program members. Have a read for some food for thought!

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SDK for .NET

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SDK for .NET

The 22 people featured in this post have proven the sky is the limit. They have been awarded for their soaring technical contributions in the Oracle community. From blog posts to podcasts to presentations, they have graciously shared their knowledge and skills. Congratulations to the new members of the Oracle ACE Program!

The 22 people featured in this post have proven the sky is the limit. They have been awarded for their soaring technical contributions in the Oracle community. From blog posts to podcasts to...

Stop and smell the flowers. Thirty-three fresh blog posts written by 22 Oracle ACE Program members are now in bloom!

Stop and smell the flowers. Thirty-three fresh blog posts written by 22 Oracle ACE Program members are now in bloom!

Gather around your screen to watch this international, multilingual selection of 16 videos from 14 Oracle ACE program members.

Gather around your screen to watch this international, multilingual selection of 16 videos from 14 Oracle ACE program members.

This post is a comprehensive, all-in-one guide for the various ways to invoke your cloud-based serverless Oracle Functions.

This post is a comprehensive, all-in-one guide for the various ways to invoke your cloud-based serverless Oracle Functions.

Low code or cloud native? Which is right for your project? A panel of pro developers gets beyond the hype to compare and contrast the two approaches.

Low code or cloud native? Which is right for your project? A panel of pro developers gets beyond the hype to compare and contrast the two approaches.

Getting Started With Oracle Streaming Service OSS

Getting Started With Oracle Streaming Service OSS

Fetch some fresh insight from these recent blog posts from members of the Oracle ACE program.

Fetch some fresh insight from these recent blog posts from members of the Oracle ACE program.

Announcing the availability of APEX 20.1 on Oracle Autonomous Database

Announcing the availability of APEX 20.1 on Oracle Autonomous Database

As a best practice your Git repository shouldn't include large binary files - since you usually don't actually manage the content of these files in a similar way to source code files. But sometime these files are part of your code base, and you would like to track them along with the rest of your code. GitLFS - an open source project - helps in doing this in an efficient way. The latest version of Oracle Visual Builder Studio added support for using GitLFS. Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server. Visual Builder Studio will store the files in your Oracle Cloud Object Storage. In the demo below you can see how easy it is to use GitLFS with your free Git repositories in Visual Builder Studio. After you download and install GitLFS on your client, you can add it to a specific Git repo by issuing a "git lfs install" in the directory into which you cloned your repository. Then indicate which files to track using commands such as "git lfs track *.bin". Add the new .gitattributes file to your git transaction, and that's it. From now on, when you add files of the specific type to your git repo - they will be stored outside of your git repo. Here is a quick demo -  For more info see our doc.  

As a best practice your Git repository shouldn't include large binary files - since you usually don't actually manage the content of these files in a similar way to source code files. But...

This post describes the steps required to migrate a Helidon SE application from Apache Maven to Gradle.

This post describes the steps required to migrate a Helidon SE application from Apache Maven to Gradle.

If you find yourself in the middle of a big mess, a little expert advice can help to make sense of the chaos.

If you find yourself in the middle of a big mess, a little expert advice can help to make sense of the chaos.

Nuts-and-bolts technical help. That's exactly what you can expect from members of the Oracle ACE program. Here are 32 recent blog posts from 20 Oracle ACEs that just might help you put it together.

Nuts-and-bolts technical help. That's exactly what you can expect from members of the Oracle ACE program. Here are 32 recent blog posts from 20 Oracle ACEs that just might help you put it together.

In this post, we'll look at how to create a native image for every OS from a single Java codebase by using GraalVM.

In this post, we'll look at how to create a native image for every OS from a single Java codebase by using GraalVM.

Stay home, stay comfortable, and take in sessions from nearly 70 presenters as part of Oracle Groundbreakers LATAM 2020.

Stay home, stay comfortable, and take in sessions from nearly 70 presenters as part of Oracle Groundbreakers LATAM 2020.

What's cool? For some it's a pool on a hot day. For others it's 29 fresh blog posts by 21 members of the Oracle ACE program. Either way, you gotta dive in!

What's cool? For some it's a pool on a hot day. For others it's 29 fresh blog posts by 21 members of the Oracle ACE program. Either way, you gotta dive in!

In the search for a lightweight data mapper in Go I found jmoiron/sqlx. This post describes how you can connect and query Oracle databases with it.

In the search for a lightweight data mapper in Go I found jmoiron/sqlx. This post describes how you can connect and query Oracle databases with it.

Poke your head out long enough to take in this fresh batch of blog posts from members of the Oracle ACE community, all published between June 7th and 13th.

Poke your head out long enough to take in this fresh batch of blog posts from members of the Oracle ACE community, all published between June 7th and 13th.

Most of the projects developed today rely on open source libraries - it is likely that your project does too. While using these libraries accelerates development by relying on proven solution for common needs, it also introduces a potential risk factor. Over time people discover vulnerabilities in many of these libraries. While most of the issues will get fixed in newer versions of the libraries, it is up to the consumer of the library to make sure they are up-to-date on the latest version. It is a hard task to constantly track the libraries you are using and to keep them up to date. For projects that are already in production, and have not kept their libraries updated, this is an even bigger risk opening organization to potential malicious attacks leveraging these known vulnerabilities. Automating a review process of the libraries used in your code against databases of known vulnerability can help you stay one-step ahead of attackers. This is exactly what the Dependency Vulnerability Analyzer in Visual Builder Studio helps you achieve. In the demo below you can see how simple it is to automate the process of reviewing the libraries your code uses, get a report about any known vulnerability in those libraries, and even how fixing your code can be streamlined. The demo specifically uses a project that is managing the libraries used through NPM - and scans those dependencies from the package.json file against several repositories of known vulnerabilities. You can also conduct similar checks for Java projects that leverage Maven and pom files to manage dependencies. Check out the demo, and start implementing these security check for your project today!    

Most of the projects developed today rely on open source libraries - it is likely that your project does too. While using these libraries accelerates development by relying on proven solution for...

Congratulations to the entire roster of members of the 2019/2020 Oracle ACE Program.

Congratulations to the entire roster of members of the 2019/2020 Oracle ACE Program.

The Oracle JDBC drivers give you more options to mix and configure dependencies starting with version 19.7.0.0

The Oracle JDBC drivers give you more options to mix and configure dependencies starting with version 19.7.0.0

In a recent blog post I illustrated how to use the OCI Command Line Interface (CLI) in shell scripts. While the OCI CLI is comprehensive and powerful, it may not be the best solution when you need to handle a lot of data in shell scripts. In such cases using a programming language such as Python and the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Python SDK makes more sense. Data manipulation is much easier, and the API is —as expected— more complex. In an attempt to demystify the use of the OCI Python SDK, I have re-written and improved the sample oci-provision.sh shell script in Python. This sample project is named oci-compute and is published on GitHub. This blog post highlights the key concepts of the OCI Python SDK, and together with the oci-compute sample code it should help you to get started easily. About oci-compute The oci-compute tool does everything oci-provision.sh does; better, faster and with some additional capabilities: List available Platform, Custom and Marketplace images Create Compute Instances from a Platform, Custom or Marketplace image A cloud-init file can be specified to run custom scripts during instance configuration List, start, stop and terminate Compute Instances Command line syntax and parameters naming are similar to the OCI CLI tool. See the project README for more information on usage and configuration. I am using this tool on a daily basis to easily manage OCI Compute instances from the command line. OCI Python SDK installation At the time of this writing, the SDK supports Python version 3.5 or 3.6 and can be easily installed using pip, preferably in a Python virtual environment. Installation and required dependencies are described in detail in the documentation. oci-compute installation The oci-compute utility is distributed as a Python package. The setup.py file lists the SDK as dependency; installing the tool will automatically pull the SDK if not already installed. See the README file for detailed installation steps, but in short it is as simple as creating a virtual environment and running: $ pip3 install . The package is split in two main parts: cli.py: handles the command line parsing using the Click package. It defines all the commands, sub-commands and their parameters; instantiate the OciCompute class and invoke its methods. oci_compute.py: defines the OciCompute class which interacts with the OCI SDK. This is the most interesting part of this project. OCI SDK Key concepts This section describes the key concepts used by the OCI SDK. Configuration The first step for using the OCI SDK is to create a configuration dictionary (Python dict). While you can build it manually, you will typically use the oci.config.from_file API call to load it from a configuration file. The default configuration file is ~/.oci/config. It is worth noticing that the OCI CLI uses the same configuration file and provides a command to create it: $ oci setup config For oci-compute, the configuration file is loaded during the class initialization: self._config = oci.config.from_file(config_file, profile) API Service Clients The OCI API is organized in Services, and for each Service you will have to instantiate a Service Client. For example, our oci-compute package uses the following Services: Compute Service (part of Core Services): to manage the Compute Services (provision and manage compute hosts). Virtual Network Service (part of Core Services): to manage the Networking Components (virtual cloud network, Subnet, …) Identity Service: to manage users, groups, compartments, and policies. Marketplace Service: to manage applications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Marketplace We instantiate the Service Clients in the class initialization: # Instantiate clients self._compute_client = oci.core.ComputeClient(self._config) self._identity_client = oci.identity.IdentityClient(self._config) self._virtual_network_client = oci.core.VirtualNetworkClient(self._config) self._marketplace_client = oci.marketplace.MarketplaceClient(self._config) Models Models allows you to create objects needed by the API calls. Example: to use an image from the Marketplace, we need to subscribe to the Application Catalog. This is done with the ComputeClient create_app_catalog_subscription method. This method needs an CreateAppCatalogSubscriptionDetails object as parameter. We will use the corresponding model to create such object: oci.core.models.CreateAppCatalogSubscriptionDetails. In oci-compute: app_catalog_subscription_detail = oci.core.models.CreateAppCatalogSubscriptionDetails( compartment_id=compartment_id, listing_id=app_catalog_listing_agreements.listing_id, listing_resource_version=app_catalog_listing_agreements.listing_resource_version, oracle_terms_of_use_link=app_catalog_listing_agreements.oracle_terms_of_use_link, eula_link=app_catalog_listing_agreements.eula_link, signature=app_catalog_listing_agreements.signature, time_retrieved=app_catalog_listing_agreements.time_retrieved ) self._compute_client.create_app_catalog_subscription(app_catalog_subscription_detail).data Pagination All list operations are paginated; that is: they will return a single page of data and you will need to call the method again to get additional pages. The pagination module allows you, amongst other, to retrieve all data in a single API call. Example: to list the available images in a compartment we could do: response = self._compute_client.list_images(compartment_id) which will only return the first page of data. To get get all images at once we will do instead: response = oci.pagination.list_call_get_all_results(self._compute_client.list_images, compartment_id) The first parameter to list_call_get_all_results is the paginated list method, subsequent parameters are the ones of the list method itself. Waiters and Composite operations To wait for an operation to complete (e.g.: wait until an instance is started), you can use the wait_until function. Alternatively, there are convenience classes in the SDK which will perform an action on a resource and wait for it to enter a particular state: the CompositeOperation classes. Example: start an instance and wait until it is started. The following code snippet shows how to start an instance and wait until it is up and running: compute_client_composite_operations = oci.core.ComputeClientCompositeOperations(self._compute_client) compute_client_composite_operations.instance_action_and_wait_for_state( instance_id=instance_id, action='START', wait_for_states=[oci.core.models.Instance.LIFECYCLE_STATE_RUNNING]) Error handling A complete list of exceptions raised by the SDK is available in the exception handling section of the documentation. In short, if your API calls are valid (correct parameters, …) the main exception you should care about is the ServiceError one which is raised when a service returns an error response; that is: a non-2xx HTTP status. For the sake of simplicity and clarity in the sample code, oci-compute does not capture most exceptions. Service Errors will result in a Python stack traceback. A simple piece of code where we have to consider the Service Error exception is illustrated here: for vnic_attachment in vnic_attachments: try: vnic = self._virtual_network_client.get_vnic(vnic_attachment.vnic_id).data except oci.exceptions.ServiceError: vnic = None if vnic and vnic.is_primary: break Putting it all together The oci-compute sample code should be self explanatory, but let’s walk through what happens when e.g. oci-compute provision platform --operating-system "Oracle Linux" --operating-system-version 7.8 --display-name ol78 is invoked. First of all, the CLI parser will instantiate an OciCompute object. This is done once at the top level, for any oci-compute command: ctx.obj['oci'] = OciCompute(config_file=config_file, profile=profile, verbose=verbose The OciCompute class initialization will: Load the OCI configuration from file Instantiate the Service Clients The Click package will then invoke provision_platform function which in turn will call the OciCompute.provision_platform method. We use the oci.core.ComputeClient.list_images to retrieve the most recent Platform Image matching the given Operating System and its version: images = self._compute_client.list_images( compartment_id, operating_system=operating_system, operating_system_version=operating_system_version, shape=shape, sort_by='TIMECREATED', sort_order='DESC').data if not images: self._echo_error("No image found") return None image = images[0] We then call OciCompute._provision_image for the actual provisioning. This method uses all of the key concepts explained earlier. Pagination is used to retrieve the Availability Domains using the Identity Client list_availability_domains method: availability_domains = oci.pagination.list_call_get_all_results( self._identity_client.list_availability_domains, compartment_id ).data VCN and subnet are retrieved using the Virtual Network Client (list_vcns and list_subnets methods) Metadata is populated with the SSH public key and a cloud-init file if provided: # Metadata with the ssh keys and the cloud-init file metadata = {} with open(ssh_authorized_keys_file) as ssh_authorized_keys: metadata['ssh_authorized_keys'] = ssh_authorized_keys.read() if cloud_init_file: metadata['user_data'] = oci.util.file_content_as_launch_instance_user_data(cloud_init_file) Models are used to create an instance launch details (oci.core.models.InstanceSourceViaImageDetails, oci.core.models.CreateVnicDetails and oci.core.models.LaunchInstanceDetails methods): instance_source_via_image_details = oci.core.models.InstanceSourceViaImageDetails(image_id=image.id) create_vnic_details = oci.core.models.CreateVnicDetails(subnet_id=subnet.id) launch_instance_details = oci.core.models.LaunchInstanceDetails( display_name=display_name, compartment_id=compartment_id, availability_domain=availability_domain.name, shape=shape, metadata=metadata, source_details=instance_source_via_image_details, create_vnic_details=create_vnic_details) Last step is to use the launch_instance_and_wait_for_state Composite Operation to actually provision the instance and wait until it is available: compute_client_composite_operations = oci.core.ComputeClientCompositeOperations(self._compute_client) response = compute_client_composite_operations.launch_instance_and_wait_for_state( launch_instance_details, wait_for_states=[oci.core.models.Instance.LIFECYCLE_STATE_RUNNING], waiter_kwargs={'wait_callback': self._wait_callback}) We use the optional waiter callback to display a simple progress indicator oci-compute demo Short demo of the oci-compute tool: Conclusion In this post, I’ve shown how to use oci-compute to easily provision and manage your OCI Compute Instances from the command line as well as how to create your own Python scripts using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Python SDK.

In a recent blog post I illustrated how to use the OCI Command Line Interface (CLI) in shell scripts. While the OCI CLI is comprehensive and powerful, it may not be the best solution when you need to...

You'll find these 42 Oracle ACE program members among the 100+ speakers at the virtual Oracle Groundbreakers Yatra 2020 event, July 1-16.

You'll find these 42 Oracle ACE program members among the 100+ speakers at the virtual Oracle Groundbreakers Yatra 2020 event, July 1-16.

In this release, and going forward, we are giving you a choice between "pick-and-choose" and "pre-established" dependencies. There is no change in our Maven coordinates.

In this release, and going forward, we are giving you a choice between "pick-and-choose" and "pre-established" dependencies. There is no change in our Maven coordinates.

A panel of expert coders explores the use of low code platforms and why they have captured the attention of pro developers.

A panel of expert coders explores the use of low code platforms and why they have captured the attention of pro developers.

In this post, we'll look at scaling your VMs and DB instances on the Oracle Cloud.

In this post, we'll look at scaling your VMs and DB instances on the Oracle Cloud.

Looking for a spark? Any one of these recent blog posts from members of the Oracle ACE program might deliver the jolt you need. Take your pick from the more than 60 posts listed here, from 38 ACEs from around the globe.

Looking for a spark? Any one of these recent blog posts from members of the Oracle ACE program might deliver the jolt you need. Take your pick from the more than 60 posts listed here, from 38 ACEs...

Finding the right video from a member of the Oracle ACE program can make your day! In this post you have your choice of 32 videos from an international group of 14 ACE program members.

Finding the right video from a member of the Oracle ACE program can make your day! In this post you have your choice of 32 videos from an international group of 14 ACE program members.

In this post, we'll look at the available options for logging output from your serverless Oracle Functions.

In this post, we'll look at the available options for logging output from your serverless Oracle Functions.

Leading AI expert Dr. Daniel Hulme shares his insight on the potential for Artificial Intelligence to transform the future.

Leading AI expert Dr. Daniel Hulme shares his insight on the potential for Artificial Intelligence to transform the future.

Oracle Cloud offers users who want to create web applications but are not professional software developers low-code development tools such as Oracle Application Express (APEX).

Oracle Cloud offers users who want to create web applications but are not professional software developers low-code development tools such as Oracle Application Express (APEX).

Drill down into developing cloud native applications on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with this special 6-part webinar series.

Drill down into developing cloud native applications on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with this special 6-part webinar series.

Need some direction? One of these 95 blog posts by 42 Oracle ACE program members from around the world will very likely get you where you need to go.

Need some direction? One of these 95 blog posts by 42 Oracle ACE program members from around the world will very likely get you where you need to go.

In this installment of the Mastering Maven series we have a look at dependency exclusions and their impact in dependency resolution.

In this installment of the Mastering Maven series we have a look at dependency exclusions and their impact in dependency resolution.

Letters become words. Words become sentences. Sentences become paragraphs, and paragraphs become these technical articles by members of the Oracle ACE Program.

Letters become words. Words become sentences. Sentences become paragraphs, and paragraphs become these technical articles by members of the Oracle ACE Program.

Ninety-three blog posts by forty-nine Oracle ACE program members -- all published in the same week. Dig in! Who knows what insights you might uncover.

Ninety-three blog posts by forty-nine Oracle ACE program members -- all published in the same week. Dig in! Who knows what insights you might uncover.

In this installment of the Mastering Maven series we have a look at the block and its role in transitive dependency resolution.

In this installment of the Mastering Maven series we have a look at the block and its role in transitive dependency resolution.

Looking for videos for a summer beach binge? We've got you covered with 42 new videos from 21 members of the Oracle ACE Program

Looking for videos for a summer beach binge? We've got you covered with 42 new videos from 21 members of the Oracle ACE Program

In this post, we'll look at the brand new OCI SDK for TypeScript and how to use it to manage your OCI resources and interact with various services.

In this post, we'll look at the brand new OCI SDK for TypeScript and how to use it to manage your OCI resources and interact with various services.

Continuing the Mastering Maven series, we have a look at optional dependencies, why they exists and how they can be used.

Continuing the Mastering Maven series, we have a look at optional dependencies, why they exists and how they can be used.

In this post, we'll look at one way to cut your costs in the cloud by performing a resize of large images in object storage via the OCI Java SDK.

In this post, we'll look at one way to cut your costs in the cloud by performing a resize of large images in object storage via the OCI Java SDK.

Eighty new blog posts by thirty-nine members of the Oracle ACE Program. What more proof do you need that blogs are fertile ground for developers who want to share their insight and expertise?

Eighty new blog posts by thirty-nine members of the Oracle ACE Program. What more proof do you need that blogs are fertile ground for developers who want to share their insight and expertise?

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers with Quarkus can be done if you rely on Quarkus' Java mode. This post demonstrates how to do it.

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers with Quarkus can be done if you rely on Quarkus' Java mode. This post demonstrates how to do it.

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers with SpringBoot requires a few but easy steps to follow. This post shows how to get it done.

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers with SpringBoot requires a few but easy steps to follow. This post shows how to get it done.

In recognition of Java’s 25th anniversary this program features the insight of people who regularly work with Java, and their perspectives on the significance of this anniversary and on the intersection of Java and their lives, professional and otherwise.

In recognition of Java’s 25th anniversary this program features the insight of people who regularly work with Java, and their perspectives on the significance of this anniversary and on...

Visual Builder Studio integrates the features of Oracle Developer Cloud Service and Oracle Visual Builder and delivers a complete development platform that covers the full development lifecycle from planning, development (coding or low-code), build, test, and deployment.

Visual Builder Studio integrates the features of Oracle Developer Cloud Service and Oracle Visual Builder and delivers a complete development platform that covers the full development lifecycle from...

Listed here you'll find 70 posts from 46 ACE program members from around the globe. So you're sure to find a place to stick your beak. Why not hover for a while?

Listed here you'll find 70 posts from 46 ACE program members from around the globe. So you're sure to find a place to stick your beak. Why not hover for a while?

We are happy to announce the release of the Oracle Visual Builder Platform – a complete and integrated environment for development teams to develop and deliver cloud native applications.

We are happy to announce the release of the Oracle Visual Builder Platform – a complete and integrated environment for development teams to develop and deliver cloud native applications.

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers in Micronaut is a simple task given Micronaut's support for this technology. This post shows how to get it done.

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers in Micronaut is a simple task given Micronaut's support for this technology. This post shows how to get it done.

In this post, we'll look at using Resource Principal authentication to interact with the OCI REST APIs with Node.JS

In this post, we'll look at using Resource Principal authentication to interact with the OCI REST APIs with Node.JS

In our final post in this epic series about CI/CD and the Oracle Cloud, we wrap things up by deploying our microservice Docker container to an OKE Kubernetes cluster.

In our final post in this epic series about CI/CD and the Oracle Cloud, we wrap things up by deploying our microservice Docker container to an OKE Kubernetes cluster.

SOUG Virtual, May 28th and June 3, features 2 practical topics each morning in four parallel sessions, including these sessions presented by members of the Oracle ACE program.

SOUG Virtual, May 28th and June 3, features 2 practical topics each morning in four parallel sessions, including these sessions presented by members of the Oracle ACE program.

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers in Helidon is a straight forward task given Helidon's UCP extension. This post shows how to get it done.

Configuring the Oracle JDBC drivers in Helidon is a straight forward task given Helidon's UCP extension. This post shows how to get it done.

Drop the needle on any one of these 66 blog posts by 45 members of the Oracle ACE program.

Drop the needle on any one of these 66 blog posts by 45 members of the Oracle ACE program.

In this post, we'll deploy our microservice as a Docker container and store the Docker image in OCIR.

In this post, we'll deploy our microservice as a Docker container and store the Docker image in OCIR.

In this post, we'll deploy our microservice with the tested persistence tier in place to our production environment which utilizes Autonomous DB in the cloud.

In this post, we'll deploy our microservice with the tested persistence tier in place to our production environment which utilizes Autonomous DB in the cloud.

From time to time it's good to stick your head into the wind and see what's happening. In this case what's happening is the ACE program members below devoted a bit of their springtime to pouring some of their hard-earned expertise into these technical articles. So it's only right that you to stick your head out and read them, don't you think?

From time to time it's good to stick your head into the wind and see what's happening. In this case what's happening is the ACE program members below devoted a bit of their springtime to pouring some...

That's what I call knuckling down! This post represents just one week's worth of technical blog posts by the Oracle ACE program members smiling up at you from those little photos. Take a look! You'll find what you need.

That's what I call knuckling down! This post represents just one week's worth of technical blog posts by the Oracle ACE program members smiling up at you from those little photos. Take a look! You'll...

In this post, we'll add Testcontainers to our application to make sure our tests run against Oracle DB in our CI/CD pipeline.

In this post, we'll add Testcontainers to our application to make sure our tests run against Oracle DB in our CI/CD pipeline.

In this post, we'll wire up a persistence tier to our microservice and address some of the challenges that come along with that task.

In this post, we'll wire up a persistence tier to our microservice and address some of the challenges that come along with that task.

Whether your bookshelf is made of wood or digital stuff, these tech books by members of the Oracle ACE program deserve a spot.

Whether your bookshelf is made of wood or digital stuff, these tech books by members of the Oracle ACE program deserve a spot.

In this post, I'll show you how to use an Oracle Cloud Vault as a secure, distributed config store with your Micronaut applications.

In this post, I'll show you how to use an Oracle Cloud Vault as a secure, distributed config store with your Micronaut applications.

It's easier to build Java applications that connect to Oracle databases now that the Oracle JDBC drivers are available on Maven Central. This post shows how to get started.

It's easier to build Java applications that connect to Oracle databases now that the Oracle JDBC drivers are available on Maven Central. This post shows how to get started.

A landing post for the Mastering Maven series.

A landing post for the Mastering Maven series.

Need a little help? Any one of these blog posts by members of the Oracle ACE program could send you down the right path. Take a step...

Need a little help? Any one of these blog posts by members of the Oracle ACE program could send you down the right path. Take a step...

In this post, we'll revisit our microservice deployment and see how we can accomplish the same goal by using the OCI Gradle plugin.

In this post, we'll revisit our microservice deployment and see how we can accomplish the same goal by using the OCI Gradle plugin.

In this post, we'll look at deploying our microservice to a VM in the Oracle Cloud with GitHub Actions using the OCI CLI.

In this post, we'll look at deploying our microservice to a VM in the Oracle Cloud with GitHub Actions using the OCI CLI.

The videos listed here were created by an international group of Oracle ACE program members representing a broad spectrum of specialties and skills. Tune in!

The videos listed here were created by an international group of Oracle ACE program members representing a broad spectrum of specialties and skills. Tune in!

If you like technical content you'll be over the moon with what you'll find here: more than 50 blog posts from Oracle ACE program members from around the world.

If you like technical content you'll be over the moon with what you'll find here: more than 50 blog posts from Oracle ACE program members from around the world.