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Jim Grisanzio talks with Mia Urman, Oracle ACE Director and CEO of AuraPlayer, about her experiences at the recent ODTUG Kscope21 virtual conference and the upcoming OATUG Ascend conference in Miami, Florida in August 2021.

Jim Grisanzio talks with Mia Urman, Oracle ACE Director and CEO of AuraPlayer, about her experiences at the recent ODTUG Kscope21 virtual conference and the upcoming OATUG Ascend conference in Miami,...

Jim Grisanzio and Chris Bensen talk with Dale Dougherty from Make Magazine about the global phenomenon of Makers — people who build with their bare hands and who give back to the community. This story is as old as it gets. We all have an inherent desire to build and collaborate and share, right?

Jim Grisanzio and Chris Bensen talk with Dale Dougherty from Make Magazine about the global phenomenon of Makers — people who build with their bare hands and who give back to the community. This story...

Introducing a new way to learn Terraform on OCI!

Introducing a new way to learn Terraform on OCI!

Blog announcing the addition of 13 more Always Free services to Oracle Cloud Free Tier

Blog announcing the addition of 13 more Always Free services to Oracle Cloud Free Tier

In this post, we'll see how to use Oracle Advanced Queuing to publish and consume messages with Autonomous DB. We'll also look at how to integrate a Java application with the messaging queue via JMS with Micronaut.

In this post, we'll see how to use Oracle Advanced Queuing to publish and consume messages with Autonomous DB. We'll also look at how to integrate a Java application with the messaging queue via JMS...

This is the first in a series of blogs on data-driven microservices design mechanisms and transaction patterns with the Oracle converged database. The goal of this blog is to illustrate how to connect to an Oracle database in Java, JavaScript, Python, .NET, and Go.

This is the first in a series of blogs on data-driven microservices design mechanisms and transaction patterns with the Oracle converged database. The goal of this blog is to illustrate how to connect...

In this post, we'll look at how to securely connect to private resources in our OCI tenancy via the OCI Bastion Service.

In this post, we'll look at how to securely connect to private resources in our OCI tenancy via the OCI Bastion Service.

OCI Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) supports Arm Compute shapes

OCI Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) supports Arm Compute shapes

Start developing Arm-based applications quickly using the Oracle Linux Cloud Developer image.

Start developing Arm-based applications quickly using the Oracle Linux Cloud Developer image.

Announcing Jenkins support for the Arm compute platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Announcing Jenkins support for the Arm compute platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Announcing GitHub Arm Runner support for the Arm compute platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Announcing GitHub Arm Runner support for the Arm compute platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

This blog describes the resources available for people developing on Ampere A1 Compute instances which are OCI's Arm64v8 instances.

This blog describes the resources available for people developing on Ampere A1 Compute instances which are OCI's Arm64v8 instances.

Android as a Service with Arm on OCI

Android as a Service with Arm on OCI

Jim Grisanzio talks with Jason Lowe and Franco Ucci on Oracle's participation at the Hackmakers World Innovation Day​ Hackathon in April 2021 with UNESCO and UNEP. This is part one in a series of podcasts planned about the event.

Jim Grisanzio talks with Jason Lowe and Franco Ucci on Oracle's participation at the Hackmakers World Innovation Day​ Hackathon in April 2021 with UNESCO and UNEP. This is part one in a series...

We’re excited to publish a reference solution that will help you to easily configure many approved senders at the same time using a Python script.

We’re excited to publish a reference solution that will help you to easily configure many approved senders at the same time using a Python script.

In this post, I'm going to show you how to set up and run a really powerful and totally free dedicated Minecraft server in the cloud. It's easy!

In this post, I'm going to show you how to set up and run a really powerful and totally free dedicated Minecraft server in the cloud. It's easy!

We are rolling out the latest update to Visual Builder and Visual Builder Studio this month. You can already leverage those in Visual Builder Studio, and we are in the process of rolling those out to all the VB instances too. In this blog we highlight key new features. You can learn more about them in the upcoming VB Office Hours meeting join us online or catch the replay. Application Development Features Oracle JET 10 Support The new version includes Oracle JET 10 which adds new components and new capabilities for existing components - see the JET 10 release notes. One key capability is theming of the Redwood theme with CSS variables. In addition you can now leverage a dark background mode available for various JET components. Oracle JET Dynamic Components The Oracle JET Dynamic Components include a table and a form that change the fields they display dynamically based on rules you define. These rules can evaluate built-in attributes such as the user's role or the size of the device accessing the app, and then decide which fields to show and which to hide. An additional component - the dynamic container - lets you control the content of areas on your page based on a set of cases you define. These components are available from the component exchange in Visual Builder. Keep an eye on this blog for future entries that will teach you how to use them. Improved Navigate Action A new navigate action lets you navigate from a page to another page and also to another flow. We also improved the navigate back action to allow you to pass parameters to the page you are navigating to.  Barcode Scan Action The new built in action accepts an image of a barcode or QR code and will return its value. Note that this action works  in Chrome browsers only at the moment. Business Objects Enhancements You can now delete BOs even if they are referred to by other BOs (we'll remove the connecting field for you). Another small enhancement is that numeric fields are now showing up as "regular" numbers in the REST queries returned from BOs. Git Improvements New Git options are available in the workspaces in Visual Builder Studio. They include add and rollback options at file levels, and cherry pick of specific commits to merge into your code. A new Git history tab in the workspace shows you all the Git activities done on your code. Usability Improvements We added a search filter for variables in the variables tab and in the assign variable action making it easier to reach the variable you are after. Another filter for searching across actions in the action chain diagram will let you easily navigate your business logic actions.  Workspace Actions The activity stream in Visual Builder Studio's project home page now includes workspace related activities, helping you track team activities related to Visual Application development. DevOps Features We are also continuing to enhance the CI/CD capabilities of Visual Builder Studio including: User Groups Define groups and map users to them in Visual Builder Studio. Use these groups in your project for actions such as adding all the group members to a project with a specific role, or assign merge requests to specific groups. This simplifies management for organizations with large number of developers. Main Branch The default branch name in your Git repositories is now main (instead of master) - this aligns with the terminology changes happening across the Git community.  On a related note, you can now indicate a default branch in your git repository into which the workspace's Publish operation will generate merge requests.  Updated Software Template As with every Visual Builder Studio release, we have updated various software bundles included on our build servers. For some of these software bundles, automatic updates will now happen and VBS will download the latest version available in public repositories - this way you don't need to wait for our next release to leverage the latest features of the software/API. There's More There are many other features in this release - learn about them in our "What's New" documentation and the links it provides for the new features.

We are rolling out the latest update to Visual Builder and Visual Builder Studio this month. You can already leverage those in Visual Builder Studio, and we are in the process of rolling those out to...

Performance comparison between Deltalake and Hudi on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Performance comparison between Deltalake and Hudi on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Comparing frameworks for ACID compliance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Comparing frameworks for ACID compliance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

SQLcl, the modern command-line interface for the Oracle Database, can now be downloaded directly from the web without any click-through license agreement.

SQLcl, the modern command-line interface for the Oracle Database, can now be downloaded directly from the web without any click-through license agreement.

Learn how to make a "fast-and-dirty" call to the OCI API (something like curl) in Ruby.

Learn how to make a "fast-and-dirty" call to the OCI API (something like curl) in Ruby.

An update on how the Oracle JDBC drivers may be configured with a Spring Boot 2.4.x application

An update on how the Oracle JDBC drivers may be configured with a Spring Boot 2.4.x application

In this post, I'll show you how I used the OCI REST APIs and a microcontroller with a custom printed 3d case to interact with my cloud tenancy for helpful task automation and information retrieval.

In this post, I'll show you how I used the OCI REST APIs and a microcontroller with a custom printed 3d case to interact with my cloud tenancy for helpful task automation and information retrieval.

Preview interviews from speakers who will be presenting at Oracle Developer Live -- App Dev with Oracle Database. Participate in the event on May 4, 6, and 11.

Preview interviews from speakers who will be presenting at Oracle Developer Live -- App Dev with Oracle Database. Participate in the event on May 4, 6, and 11.

In this discussion on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Sandesh Rao talks about the latest technologies from Oracle in the AIOps space, how he manages teams, how he deals with change, and how industry trends are changing everything.

In this discussion on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Sandesh Rao talks about the latest technologies from Oracle in the AIOps space, how he manages teams, how he deals with change,...

In this post, we'll look at what it takes to make OCI REST API calls directly from a microcontroller device. It's super handy and easy to do!

In this post, we'll look at what it takes to make OCI REST API calls directly from a microcontroller device. It's super handy and easy to do!

In this post, we'll look at using IDCS with OpenId Connect as an authentication system. We'll also create a simple Micronaut application to test it out!

In this post, we'll look at using IDCS with OpenId Connect as an authentication system. We'll also create a simple Micronaut application to test it out!

Announcing new Always Free APEX Low-Code Application Development and Always Free Autonomous JSON Database. Oracle adds to growing list of Always Free services for developers available in Oracle Cloud.

Announcing new Always Free APEX Low-Code Application Development and Always Free Autonomous JSON Database. Oracle adds to growing list of Always Free services for developers available in Oracle Cloud.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a powerful service where (and how) privileges are managed on OCI. IAM is powerful, allowing for very simple to very complex security policies to be configured.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a powerful service where (and how) privileges are managed on OCI. IAM is powerful, allowing for very simple to very complex security...

In this post, we'll look at using service connectors to archive data from Oracle Streaming Service to Object Storage. We'll also look at adding an intermediate task that can be used to filter the data to be archived.

In this post, we'll look at using service connectors to archive data from Oracle Streaming Service to Object Storage. We'll also look at adding an intermediate task that can be used to filter the data...

In this post, we'll look at how to send a push notification to your mobile device from Oracle Notification Service with Oracle Functions and Pushover.

In this post, we'll look at how to send a push notification to your mobile device from Oracle Notification Service with Oracle Functions and Pushover.

In this post, we'll look at tracing for distributed services using Zipkin and a fully compatible managed option in the Oracle Cloud.

In this post, we'll look at tracing for distributed services using Zipkin and a fully compatible managed option in the Oracle Cloud.

Jeff Smith talks about the latest tools in Oracle Database for developer productivity. He also gets into his experiences working with his colleagues here at Oracle and with database software communities globally.

Jeff Smith talks about the latest tools in Oracle Database for developer productivity. He also gets into his experiences working with his colleagues here at Oracle and with database...

We wrap up this short series on Project GreenThumb by looking at the front end views, the build pipeline, how I added push notifications to the app and an overall progress update.

We wrap up this short series on Project GreenThumb by looking at the front end views, the build pipeline, how I added push notifications to the app and an overall progress update.

In this post, we'll look at how you can report and analyze application and server metrics from your Micronaut application directly into OCI Monitoring.

In this post, we'll look at how you can report and analyze application and server metrics from your Micronaut application directly into OCI Monitoring.

In this post, we'll look at the reporting queries behind the scenes in my Project GreenThumb app as well as how I added WebSocket support to push the sensor data in real time to the front-end.

In this post, we'll look at the reporting queries behind the scenes in my Project GreenThumb app as well as how I added WebSocket support to push the sensor data in real time to the front-end.

In this post, we'll look at how the Micronaut service consumes the sensor data that is published to the messaging queue and persists that data to an Autonomous DB instance.

In this post, we'll look at how the Micronaut service consumes the sensor data that is published to the messaging queue and persists that data to an Autonomous DB instance.

In this post, we'll start looking at the data collection process for Project GreenThumb.

In this post, we'll start looking at the data collection process for Project GreenThumb.

In this post, I'll introduce you to Project GreenThumb. You'll learn about the project objective and get an overview of the architecture.

In this post, I'll introduce you to Project GreenThumb. You'll learn about the project objective and get an overview of the architecture.

In the final post in this series, we'll build our infrastructure in our CI/CD pipeline with the native Terraform CLI.

In the final post in this series, we'll build our infrastructure in our CI/CD pipeline with the native Terraform CLI.

The following 34 members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 67 blog posts between January 31st and February 6th. From OCI to EPM, these blog posts are sure to give you plenty to reflect on.

The following 34 members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 67 blog posts between January 31st and February 6th. From OCI to EPM, these blog posts are sure to give you plenty to reflect on.

We are excited to announce the Groundbreaker Ambassador 2021 award winners! These individuals are being recognized for their contributions in the developer community. Groundbreaker Ambassadors continuously share their knowledge and expertise through user group participation, blog posts, articles, conference presentations, social media, and many other channels. Each name below links to a brief biography and social media resources so you can follow and connect with these community contributors and leaders. Congratulations to the 2021 Groundbreaker Ambassadors!

We are excited to announce the Groundbreaker Ambassador 2021 award winners! These individuals are being recognized for their contributions in the developer community. Groundbreaker Ambassadors...

In this post, we'll look at building our infrastructure from our CI/CD pipeline using Resource Manager via the OCI CLI.

In this post, we'll look at building our infrastructure from our CI/CD pipeline using Resource Manager via the OCI CLI.

Here’s an easy project to get started in the world of Raspberry Pi — because Oracle developers love Raspberry Pi for prototypes, gadgets, and even super computers.

Here’s an easy project to get started in the world of Raspberry Pi — because Oracle developers love Raspberry Pi for prototypes, gadgets, and even super computers.

In this post, we'll look at how to get started integrated Terraform into your CI/CD pipeline by creating release assets.

In this post, we'll look at how to get started integrated Terraform into your CI/CD pipeline by creating release assets.

The 44 featured blog posts below were written by 24 members of the Oracle ACE Program. From APEX to MySQL, there is plenty of knowledge to gain. So branch out and enjoy these insightful blog posts.

The 44 featured blog posts below were written by 24 members of the Oracle ACE Program. From APEX to MySQL, there is plenty of knowledge to gain. So branch out and enjoy these insightful blog posts.

Once again, Oracle APEX has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2021 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms.

Once again, Oracle APEX has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2021 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms.

In this post, we'll look at connecting up to your on-prem and Autonmous DB instances in the cloud from Node-RED via a few different approaches.

In this post, we'll look at connecting up to your on-prem and Autonmous DB instances in the cloud from Node-RED via a few different approaches.

In this post, we'll take a deeper look at using Terraform in the cloud with Oracle Resource Manager and see how to accept dynamic variables into our scripts.

In this post, we'll take a deeper look at using Terraform in the cloud with Oracle Resource Manager and see how to accept dynamic variables into our scripts.

This week, 28 members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 49 blog posts on Autonomous Data Warehouse, Kubernetes, Cloud and more! Elevate your knowledge with these insightful blog posts.

This week, 28 members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 49 blog posts on Autonomous Data Warehouse, Kubernetes, Cloud and more! Elevate your knowledge with these insightful blog posts.

Dmitry Aleksandrov talks about his experiences building software development communities and also the latest technologies in Project Helidon for Java microservices.

Dmitry Aleksandrov talks about his experiences building software development communities and also the latest technologies in Project Helidon for Java microservices.

Let's take a look at what it takes to get started running Terraform scripts in the cloud with Oracle Resource Manager.

Let's take a look at what it takes to get started running Terraform scripts in the cloud with Oracle Resource Manager.

Presenting at BNSF Technology Awareness Day for Students

Presenting at BNSF Technology Awareness Day for Students

International Women’s Day #IWD2021

International Women’s Day #IWD2021

In this post, we'll look at how to configure a Micronaut application to connect to an Autonomous DB instance securely by automatically downloading your wallet credentials via OCI SDK integrations.

In this post, we'll look at how to configure a Micronaut application to connect to an Autonomous DB instance securely by automatically downloading your wallet credentials via OCI SDK integrations.

Conversations with Simerjeet Singh about how developers can manage massive change and thrive in difficult times.

Conversations with Simerjeet Singh about how developers can manage massive change and thrive in difficult times.

In this post, we'll look at how to install Terraform and run your very first script.

In this post, we'll look at how to install Terraform and run your very first script.

This week, 32 members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 55 blog posts sharing their expertise on a variety of topics. From OCI to SQL to APEX, the below Oracle ACEs have proven that technical content is never at a standstill. Enjoy these insightful blog posts through the links below!

This week, 32 members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 55 blog posts sharing their expertise on a variety of topics. From OCI to SQL to APEX, the below Oracle ACEs have proven that technical content...

In this post, we'll take an introductory look at Infrastructure as Code with Terraform focused on the things developers need to know.

In this post, we'll take an introductory look at Infrastructure as Code with Terraform focused on the things developers need to know.

We are bringing back the Oracle ACE Spotlight to introduce the wonderful members of the Oracle ACE Program. For March 2021, we are shining the light on Oracle ACE, Roopesh Ramklass!

We are bringing back the Oracle ACE Spotlight to introduce the wonderful members of the Oracle ACE Program. For March 2021, we are shining the light on Oracle ACE, Roopesh Ramklass!

This week, 23 members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 45 blog posts on a variety of topics. They have shared their vast knowledge of everything from Database to OCI to MySQL and more. You will definitely learn something new!

This week, 23 members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 45 blog posts on a variety of topics. They have shared their vast knowledge of everything from Database to OCI to MySQL and more. You will...

The Oracle ACE Program welcomed six new Oracle ACE Associates to start off the new year! The below featured people have been recognized for their technical expertise in the Oracle community. They have graciously shared their knowledge through blog posts, articles, presentations, forums, and more.

The Oracle ACE Program welcomed six new Oracle ACE Associates to start off the new year! The below featured people have been recognized for their technical expertise in the Oracle community. They have...

We are happy to announce the February 2021 release of Visual Builder Studio, offering many new features. If you already have a VB Studio instance provisioned, all these features are now enabled in your instance. If you still haven't spun up a free VB Studio instance, now would be a great time to provision one and take advantage of all the functionality it provides. In this blog we'll focus on the new features for developers working on visual apps, although there are many additional features, including some in the areas of DevOps automation. You can read about all the new features in the "What's New" doc. You are also invited to join the upcoming Oracle Visual Builder Office Hours online meeting to get even more info and demos of these new features. New Features for Visual Applications Developers Improved Code Editor While much of the development you are doing with Visual Builder is visual and declarative, from time to time you do need to drop into the code -- and now you have a better code editor to support you. Our new code editor is based on the Monaco editor, the same editor powering Visual Studio Code. The new editor provides an improved coding experience that is speedier and better able to handle a large code base. There's also a set of new keyboard shortcuts in the editor; learn more about how to use it in our doc.  Artifacts Usage Info You can now see usage information for variables, types, and other artifacts in your app. The Properties pane shows you where they are used, and allows you to click on a usage to navigate there. For example, when you look at a type, you'll see which variables are based on it. If you look at a variable you'll see which pages access it, and so on. Custom Backends Backends define servers that your application accesses. In addition to the built-in Integration, Process, and Oracle Cloud Application servers, in the new version of VB Studio, allows you to create backends that map to other types of custom servers. This makes defining server properties and switching the servers that you are accessing easier during the lifecycle of your application, using the profiles feature. You can also create sub backends that inherit their definition from the parent backend they belong to, but override some of their properties. Dynamic Services For services that provide an Open API spec or an Oracle ADF describe spec, you can now specify that VB will fetch the spec dynamically. This means that VB will fetch the service definition each time your open the app, and will be able to pick up any changes made to endpoints (such as new fields added, etc). This is quite useful during the development stage, when the structure of your backend is evolving.  Simplified Environment Interactions If your cloud tenancy has only a single instance of Visual Builder, when you create a new visual application project we'll automatically recognize this and add it as an environment. Also, we added an easy way to add certificates to the VB instances defined in your environment directly from Visual Builder Studio's environment tab. Extended Git Functionality The Git menu in the visual editor has a couple of new options that allow you to rename your branch and delete local branches that are no longer needed. In addition, you can now choose which files will be part of a specific commit operation.  Camera Components Interacting with the camera on your device is simplified with the new Camera component in the component palette. Simply drag it into your page and set its properties. No need to add a "take picture" action step manually. Descriptive Action Names When you create an action in an action chain it gets a default ID, which is random. Visual Builder will now automatically rename those default IDs to a more meaningful name once you define the action's properties. For example, once you choose a REST endpoint that is called in a call REST action, VB will rename the ID to include the endpoint name. With more meaningful names your code will be more readable, as well as easier to maintain and debug. Usability Enhancements Many enhancements across the development environment will streamline your interaction with the platform as you develop. Some examples include: Create variable from type shortcut. Easily choose JS functions in the call function action. Import resources into your app from the app menu. Edit business object relationships directly from the related field properties editor. Publish button moved to a new location with better indicator.   Summary There are many other new features spanning other areas of the service. Keep an open eye on this blog for upcoming blog entries covering some of these new features in more details. We hope these will further improve your development speed. If you have any further feedback or questions on any of these - post them on our community forum.

We are happy to announce the February 2021 release of Visual Builder Studio, offering many new features. If you already have a VB Studio instance provisioned, all these features are now enabled in...

This week, 25 members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 38 blog posts sharing their expertise. Read through the below featured blog posts and elevate your knowledge of all things APEX, Database, SQL, and more.

This week, 25 members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 38 blog posts sharing their expertise. Read through the below featured blog posts and elevate your knowledge of all things APEX, Database, SQL,...

Standing on the shoulders of giants and Black History Month

Standing on the shoulders of giants and Black History Month

In this post, we'll modify our previous e-commerce example to use RabbitMQ for messaging instead of Kafka.

In this post, we'll modify our previous e-commerce example to use RabbitMQ for messaging instead of Kafka.

In the months of November and December 2020, eight members of the Oracle ACE Program shared 13 videos. From Oracle Cloud to Database, you are sure to learn something new. So get comfortable, sit back, and enjoy!

In the months of November and December 2020, eight members of the Oracle ACE Program shared 13 videos. From Oracle Cloud to Database, you are sure to learn something new. So get comfortable, sit back,...

Thirty-four members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 50 blog posts between December 20 - December 26, 2020. The below featured Oracle ACEs will give you a closer look at topics such as Database, Cloud, SQL, and more.

Thirty-four members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 50 blog posts between December 20 - December 26, 2020. The below featured Oracle ACEs will give you a closer look at topics such as Database,...

In this post, we'll switch our distributed service e-commerce example to use the fully managed Oracle Streaming Service instead of Kafka for messaging.

In this post, we'll switch our distributed service e-commerce example to use the fully managed Oracle Streaming Service instead of Kafka for messaging.

In this post, we'll cover all you need to know to get started with the Oracle MySQL Cloud Service., a secure, high performance, and fully managed cloud service in the Oracle Cloud.

In this post, we'll cover all you need to know to get started with the Oracle MySQL Cloud Service., a secure, high performance, and fully managed cloud service in the Oracle Cloud.

In this post, we'll look at a handy little hack to place focus in the search box in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console.

In this post, we'll look at a handy little hack to place focus in the search box in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console.

The Oracle ACE Program continues to grow! In December 2020, we've welcomed 3 new Oracle ACEs and 3 Oracle ACE Associates.

The Oracle ACE Program continues to grow! In December 2020, we've welcomed 3 new Oracle ACEs and 3 Oracle ACE Associates.

Thirty-five members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 59 blog posts between December 13 - December 19. These blog posts cover a wide range of topics from Database to Cloud to SQL and more, giving you plenty to reflect on.

Thirty-five members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 59 blog posts between December 13 - December 19. These blog posts cover a wide range of topics from Database to Cloud to SQL and more, giving...

In this post, we'll continue looking at messaging for distributed services. This time we'll consume the messages that we produced in the last blog post.

In this post, we'll continue looking at messaging for distributed services. This time we'll consume the messages that we produced in the last blog post.

In this post, we'll look at how to create your very own dedicated server for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and host it for free (forever) in the cloud.

In this post, we'll look at how to create your very own dedicated server for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and host it for free (forever) in the cloud.

Tutorials for Developers new to OCI.

Tutorials for Developers new to OCI.

Oracle JDBC 21.1.0.0 on Maven Central

Oracle JDBC 21.1.0.0 on Maven Central

In this post, we're going to start looking at what it takes to implement messaging between your distributed cloud-based services. We'll install Kafka and create an e-commerce microservice that sends "order" messages to a queue.

In this post, we're going to start looking at what it takes to implement messaging between your distributed cloud-based services. We'll install Kafka and create an e-commerce microservice that sends...

Tech Predictions for 2021

Tech Predictions for 2021

This post shows how to write Mockito JUnit5 unit tests in Helidon

This post shows how to write Mockito JUnit5 unit tests in Helidon

Oracle APEX radically simplifies development and deployment of data-driven applications, enabling citizen and professional developers to create applications up to 38x faster than coding.

Oracle APEX radically simplifies development and deployment of data-driven applications, enabling citizen and professional developers to create applications up to 38x faster than coding.

The members of the Oracle ACE Program continue to graciously share their expertise in a number of formats from books to articles to blog posts and more. Between September and December 2020, three members authored books on Cloud and Database; and two members offered their technical reviews on two books on Microservices and Cloud. We hope you will take this opportunity to support our members of the Oracle ACE Program who continue to work hard to provide technical insight. So be sure to grow your technical library by adding these titles.

The members of the Oracle ACE Program continue to graciously share their expertise in a number of formats from books to articles to blog posts and more. Between September and December 2020,...

Thirty-nine members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 60 blog posts on Database, Cloud, APEX and more. So branch out for the new year and be sure to read the below blog posts.

Thirty-nine members of the Oracle ACE Program wrote 60 blog posts on Database, Cloud, APEX and more. So branch out for the new year and be sure to read the below blog posts.

This post walks through the process of creating a simple Python web service and deploying it to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute instance. Then, you deploy an API gateway and expose the instance through the gateway while applying the rate limiting rule. The API gateway allows you to configure the path prefixes and routes, and enable features such as authentication, CORS policies, and rate limiting.

This post walks through the process of creating a simple Python web service and deploying it to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute instance. Then, you deploy an API gateway and expose...

Serverless computing is one of the more attractive aspects offered by cloud platform - letting you focus on coding functionality and letting the provider take care of providing dynamically scaling platform to run your code. Oracle is offering the Oracle Cloud Functions Service as a platform for hosting serverless functions. Oracle Functions is based on the Fn Project - an open source, container native solution for writing functions that supports a variety of languages (including Java, go, ruby, node, python, and more) . In this blog we'll highlight some of the capabilities that are built into Oracle Visual Builder Studio to help you manage the development cycle for such functions and to automate continuous deployment to the Oracle cloud platform. The video demo below focuses on the code management and CI/CD automation functionality. For code management we use the Git repositories in Visual Builder Studio. For CI/CD automation VB Studio offers Fn specific build steps as well as integration with the Oracle infrastructure environment: In this blog we won't cover the basics of setting up a functions environment in the Oracle Cloud - for that we would recommend following the getting started with functions tutorials. Setting Up CI/CD Environment for Functions In our build job we use three steps to configure our build and deployment environment. The first one is a Docker Login step - in our example we hook up to the Oracle Container Registry. To do that you just need to provide the url for your registry region.oicr.io and your user/pass. (Note that if you wish to use other docker registries you can connect to them instead). Then we setup the environment for OCIcli command to work in using the OCIcli step. The information you require for this can mostly be found through your OCI tenancy and user information. More info on where you can locate the specific value for each of the fields is in our doc. The third configuration is specific for the fn context used in OCI using the Fn OCI step. The information for this section can be found on the getting started tab of the specific app you created in the functions area in your Oracle Cloud environment. In order to run these create a build VM that adds the Docker, OCIcli, and Fn software to the default VM template - info here. Fn Build Steps Depending on your goals you can choose the appropriate Fn step from the set of built-in steps offered by VB Studio - these map to the regular fn command lines and provide easier way to customize the activities. In the demo we are using an Fn Build step to create the function, then an Fn Push to publish the function into the Oracle containers registry, and finally an Fn Deploy to deploy the function into an application in the Oracle Cloud Function service.   And Much More As the demo shows, you can easily hook up your build to your Git repository so changes in code will trigger a build process. Also note that your build can run unit test on your functions, and even check for vulnerabilities in third party libraries you might be using. In addition don't forget that Visual Builder Studio also provides you with a full team management platform for tracking issues, managing development sprints, and sharing information through wikis. The combination of Visual Builder Studio and Oracle Cloud Functions gives your team a perfect platform for cloud-native serverless development.

Serverless computing is one of the more attractive aspects offered by cloud platform - letting you focus on coding functionality and letting the provider take care of providing dynamically scaling...

The 19.9.0.0 release of the Oracle JDBC drivers are now available on Maven Central

The 19.9.0.0 release of the Oracle JDBC drivers are now available on Maven Central

If you're looking to gain some knowledge, 8 members of the Oracle ACE Program published 9 articles between November and December 2020. Have a look at the articles below for new perspectives and learn from experts on JSON, Database, MySQL and more.

If you're looking to gain some knowledge, 8 members of the Oracle ACE Program published 9 articles between November and December 2020. Have a look at the articles below for new perspectives and learn...

This week we're bringing you 38 exciting blog posts written by 29 members of the Oracle ACE Program! Enjoy blog posts on Machine Learning, SQL, APEX, and more.

This week we're bringing you 38 exciting blog posts written by 29 members of the Oracle ACE Program! Enjoy blog posts on Machine Learning, SQL, APEX, and more.

Resource Manager is an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service that lets you automate the process of provisioning your OCI resources. Using Terraform, Resource Manager helps you install, configure, and manage resources through the infrastructure-as-code (IaC) model. A Terraform configuration codifies your infrastructure in declarative configuration files. Resource Manager lets you share and manage infrastructure configuration and state files across multiple teams and platforms. This infrastructure management can’t be done with local Terraform installations and Oracle Terraform modules alone. [Consider adding a paragraph here that previews what is in this post, so the reader knows what to expect. For example, “This post provides some basic information about Resource Manager and then shows you how to use it to quickly provision a compute instance with Oracle Cloud Development Kit preinstalled.” (Or whatever makes the most sense).]

Resource Manager is an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service that lets you automate the process of provisioning your OCI resources. Using Terraform, Resource Manager helps you install, configure,...

In this post, we'll look at launching our own private VPN on an "always free" instance in the Oracle Cloud.

In this post, we'll look at launching our own private VPN on an "always free" instance in the Oracle Cloud.

The Oracle ACE Program welcomed five new members in the month of November! The new members featured below have been recognized and awarded for their technical contributions in the Oracle Community.

The Oracle ACE Program welcomed five new members in the month of November! The new members featured below have been recognized and awarded for their technical contributions in the Oracle Community.

Twenty-five members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 30 blog posts this week. These blog posts range from SQL to Cloud to APEX and more. So live on the edge and have a read through all 30 blog posts!

Twenty-five members of the Oracle ACE Program have written 30 blog posts this week. These blog posts range from SQL to Cloud to APEX and more. So live on the edge and have a read through all 30...

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry is an Oracle-managed registry that helps you simplify your development-to-production workflow. Registry makes it easy for you as a developer to store, share, and manage development artifacts like Docker images. And the highly available and scalable architecture of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) ensures that you can reliably deploy your applications. You don’t have to worry about operational issues or scaling the underlying infrastructure.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry is an Oracle-managed registry that helps you simplify your development-to-production workflow. Registry makes it easy for you as a developer to store, share,...

Joel, Shakeeb, Scott and host (Javed)

Joel, Shakeeb, Scott and host (Javed)

As application developers, our goal is to produce secure, robust code that meets business needs and is easy to maintain, extend, and support with the least effort. Within that framework, the challenge of securing our code can be a never-ending whack-a-mole exercise that robs us of precious development time.

As application developers, our goal is to produce secure, robust code that meets business needs and is easy to maintain, extend, and support with the least effort. Within that framework, the...

The groundbreakers team.

The groundbreakers team.

Week after week, members of the Oracle ACE Program continue to share their technical expertise with the community. This week, 32 ACEs wrote 51 blog posts on Applications, Database, MySQL and more. So what are you waiting for? Scroll down and dive into some technical knowledge!

Week after week, members of the Oracle ACE Program continue to share their technical expertise with the community. This week, 32 ACEs wrote 51 blog posts on Applications, Database, MySQL and more. So...

In this post, you learn how to create a simple REST API backend and connect to a NoSQL database table. You use Node.js and rhw Oracle NoSQL Database library to connect to the NoSQL table in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The REST API backend supports creating, listing, and deleting tasks from the table.

In this post, you learn how to create a simple REST API backend and connect to a NoSQL database table. You use Node.js and rhw Oracle NoSQL Database library to connect to the NoSQL table in...

Learn how to configure Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) OAuth 2.0 authentication using APEX.

Learn how to configure Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) OAuth 2.0 authentication using APEX.