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Anyone (and I know there are THOUSANDS of you) who have an Oracle Forms system somewhere in your company might be aware that Forms is having a bit of resurgence.  Oracle Forms 12c was released last month with a bunch of new features.  However, there is one other killer reason to be taking stock of your Forms investment: the UKOUG Tech15 conference is next month with some of the biggest and brightest brains talking about Oracle Forms.Mike Ferrante, the product manager for Oracle Forms is flying in from the US to give us an insight into the new Oracle Forms 12c Mia Urman, CEO of Auraplayer, Oracle ACE Director and long time supporter of Forms will be hosting an Oracle Forms roundtable discussion. Mark Waite from SOA Consultancy experts Griffiths Waite give his insight into "The Digital Transformation of Oracle Forms" Oracle A-Team architect Steven Davelaar (the author of JHeadstart) will share an amazing story of a customer who is running a Forms backend from tablets! If that is not enough, I'll be there (x-lead of Forms Product Management), Duncan Mills, Senior Director of Product Management who for about 15 years was "Mr Forms" (and still is for most people) and Frank Nimphius the author of many of the Forms PJC samples and last time I looked had answered about 15,000 Forms questions on OTN.Throw in some partners talking about Forms such as PITSS, Auraplayer, ExplorerUK and you'll get just about the best advice on what to do with Oracle Forms - and all for about 1 hour of consultancy time from those consultants that told you Forms was dead! 

Anyone (and I know there are THOUSANDS of you) who have an Oracle Forms system somewhere in your company might be aware that Forms is having a bit of resurgence.  Oracle Forms 12c was released last...

My friends from PITSS will be in London at the Oracle office on 3rd November. They are running, what they call, an orientation day on moving from 'legacy' to Oracle ADF using their tools. It promises to be very much a technical day with Duncan Mills, who I am sure many of you know, talking about using ADF for mobile and cloud development - obviously very topical at the moment. Patrick Walther from PITSS will present on FORMS2ADF and on some hints and tips on using ADF. They also have several of their customers presenting and attending for you to network with. Certainly an interesting day. Registration is closing soon as there is limited space in the London office"More details at https://pitss.com/2015/10/02/orientation-day-from-legacy-to-adf-tool-based-migration-with-pitss/  or simply register at http://www.pitss.de/registration-oracle-pitss-orientation-day/

My friends from PITSS will be in London at the Oracle office on 3rd November. They are running, what they call, an orientation day on moving from 'legacy' toOracle ADF using their tools. It promises...

At the start of the year I was approached by the UKOUG publishing team and commissioned to write an article on Oracle Alta UI; our new design philosophy for modern mobile and mobile web applications.  Glad to see the article has made the front cover of the latest edition.

At the start of the year I was approached by the UKOUG publishing team and commissioned to write an article on Oracle Alta UI; our new design philosophy for modern mobile and mobile web applications.  ...

So you've developed an Oracle MAF application but you want to see why your form is not laying out as you expect.  Or what if you increased the fonts in your titles.  Android and iOS allow you to hook up your MAF application to a special tool which allows you to debug and change the generated HTML at runtime.We've created a video showing you how to set up this debugger on both Android and iOS.  As always, please subscribe to our official OracleMobilePlatform channel for more videos.

So you've developed an Oracle MAF application but you want to see why your form is not laying out as you expect.  Or what if you increased the fonts in your titles.  Android and iOS allow you to hook...

Made it back from a very successful UKOUG conference with an extra piece of luggage:  an award for the "Most Read Article of 2014" in the UKOUG's Oracle Scene magazine.  "Mobile: The Enterprise Gamechanger". Always nice to know that the effort of writing articles such as these is recognized.

Made it back from a very successful UKOUG conference with an extra piece of luggage:  an award for the "Most Read Article of 2014" in the UKOUG's Oracle Scene magazine.  "Mobile: The Enterprise...

Earlier in the year I went up to Durham to interview James Robbins the CIO of Northumbrian Water on their mobile strategy and their use of Oracle's mobile framework. This video is a nice insight into a key utilities company's mobile strategy and how Oracle technology supported them.

Earlier in the year I went up to Durham to interview James Robbins the CIO of Northumbrian Water on their mobile strategy and their use of Oracle's mobile framework. This video is a nice insight into...

Nice article from research/analyst firm Gigacom which gives an insight into the challenges of mobile development, and reviews the main players.  Oracle MAF, and Oracle's broader mobile strategy, scores well.

Nice article from research/analyst firm Gigacom which gives an insight into the challenges of mobile development, and reviews the main players.  Oracle MAF, and Oracle's broader mobile strategy,...

As an Oracle partner do you have plans for Mobile enablement?  Do you want to find out the latest application development trends?  Do you want to get hands-on with Oracle's Mobile Application Framework?  The FMW Partner Community are hosting a 4 day event on the 3-6th March 2015 in Budapest.  This event will bring together Oracle Development with the brightest Oracle partners to discuss and learn, amongst other topics, Mobile, Cloud and UX.Myself and Frank Nimphius will be representing the Mobility and Development Tools Product Management Team, and we will be running a 2 day hands-on session.

As an Oracle partner do you have plans for Mobile enablement?  Do you want to find out the latest application development trends?  Do you want to get hands-on with Oracle's Mobile Application...

You might have noticed my blog entries recently have been focusing on mobile, which is fair enough given my role, but this latest projection in Computer World continues the theme of Mobile dominating the thoughts of organizations. Here is one very interesting insight.

You might have noticed my blog entries recently have been focusing on mobile, which is fair enough given my role, but this latest projection in Computer World continues the theme of Mobile dominating...

For anyone looking to get a good handle on the mobile market and mobile technologies, the Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG) are putting together a great looking event.  The ODTUG Mobile Event, is running on the 2nd December in Reston VA.  This is going to cover strategy, technologies and tools such as Apex, ADF, MAF and cloud.

For anyone looking to get a good handle on the mobile market and mobile technologies, the Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG) are putting together a great looking event.  The ODTUG Mobile...

Northumbrian water are responsible for the water and sewage services of 4.5 million people in the UK, and I was fortunate enough to be engaged with them to understand how they embraced mobile to help their customers and employees.  In particular their use of mobile access to Oracle's EBusiness Suite Procurement using Oracle's mobile framework showed a great return in investment by allowing products and parts to be purchased and approved in drastically reduced timescales using mobile. To help others learn from Northumbrian Water's experience, we are running a live webcast on the 18th November, including interviews with NWs CIO, development and strategy lead, as well as hearing from Oracle's architects who were involved in the project. A chance to learn directly from a successful MAF implementation running essential services for a leading UK services company.

Northumbrian water are responsible for the water and sewage services of 4.5 million people in the UK, and I was fortunate enough to be engaged with them to understand how they embraced mobile to help...

Lloyds Register is a global engineering and maritime business and I was fortunate enough to be briefly involved in their successful adoption of Oracle Mobile Platform.  It looks like Lloyds are starting to see the fruits or their labour now, and I think this serves as an interesting study in how a company has evolved and successfully embraced mobile technology to meet new and existing business needs more efficiently.  At the heart of their investment is Oracle's mobile application framework.Here you can find an article in UK Computer World,  Computer Business Review, UKOUG's Oracle Scene magazine, and a video interview with the architect behind the solution. In addition, Lloyds Register are also speaking at the one of the Oracle Days in London.

Lloyds Register is a global engineering and maritime business and I was fortunate enough to be briefly involved in their successful adoption of Oracle Mobile Platform.  It looks like Lloyds are...

REST/JSON is pretty much regarded as the "tool of choice" for mobile devices working with back end services.  Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) supports SOAP/XML, REST/XML and REST/JSON, however our support for REST/JSON is currently more code-centric that the others.  Whilst we are working on adding more declarative/framework support for REST/JSON, if you do need to implement this now, we've published an end-to-end tutorial to show how to work with REST/JSON web services from an Oracle MAF application.Whilst this might look quite long winded for anyone new to the platform, what we have done in this tutorial is go through the effort of setting up supporting framework classes which will make this implementation work with your own specific use cases.

REST/JSON is pretty much regarded as the "tool of choice" for mobile devices working with back end services.  Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) supports SOAP/XML, REST/XML and REST/JSON,...

The Oracle Developer Academy is an online learning aid for getting up to speed on Oracle MAF.  We've just refreshed this release to include a section on Oracle MAF security.This tool is aimed at giving you a quick insight and overview of Oracle MAF development and features.  Enjoy! 

The Oracle Developer Academy is an online learning aid for getting up to speed on Oracle MAF.  We've just refreshed this release to include a section on Oracle MAF security. This tool is aimed at...

November 26th Oracle is running on online virtual technology day covering a number of streams including Java, middleware and mobile.  My particular interest is focused on Oracle's mobile strategy where there will be sessions covering Oracle Mobile Application FrameworkCloud based Mobile Development Mobile SecurityMobile Architecture There will be hands on labs and live chat with Oracle experts.  This is a great opportunity for free on line learning and you can register on line here to secure your place.

November 26th Oracle is running on online virtual technology day covering a number of streams including Java, middleware and mobile.  My particular interest is focused on Oracle's mobile strategy...

On recently running some Oracle MAF training we discovered that property change and provider change events were a topic with which you need to be familiar when building MAF applications - so we put together a short training video to show you what they are, what they are used for, and how you use them.  You can access the video on our official Oracle MAF YouTube channel http://youtu.be/ZJePFhfVqMU

On recently running some Oracle MAF training we discovered that property change and provider change events were a topic with which you need to be familiar when building MAF applications - so we...

We're only a couple of weeks away from Oracle World (this must be about my 13th I think!) and there is, as usual, and mind boggling array of awesome sessions.  Particularly of interest to me this year are the sessions focused on mobile. Ranging from keynotes to deepdive, its great to see Oracle MAF absolutely underpinning Oracle's mobile future.

We're only a couple of weeks away from Oracle World (this must be about my 13th I think!) and there is, as usual, and mind boggling array of awesome sessions.  Particularly of interest to me this year...

UKOUG is an awesome conference which I've been lucky to attend for about the last 13 years or so (is it really that long!) .  Whilst I really enjoy it as a presenter, its also a great place for learning - infact, if you have training budget then I'd be seriously considering spending it on attending UKOUG.  The agenda is packed with great content.  I'll be presenting onBuilding on-device mobile applications for iOS and Android Everything you need to know about Oracle ADF in 45 minutes  I think what is really cool about his year is we have themes which are product agnostic.  So you don't have to be hung up on productX versus productY - if you are interested in cloud, or mobile or usability then there are complete streams of content for you.

UKOUG is an awesome conference which I've been lucky to attend for about the last 13 years or so (is it really that long!) .  Whilst I really enjoy it as a presenter, its also a great place for...

We've sneaked in an extra episode into the UI Development playlist of the MAF online training.  You can access the new episode on Listeners and Events here.Note, that we're renumbered all of the subsequent episodes (just incase you were referring back to the episodes by number.  This is a new episode 16).If you have any other ideas for new episodes, please let me know via a comment.

We've sneaked in an extra episode into the UI Development playlist of the MAF online training.  You can access the new episode on Listeners and Events here. Note, that we're renumbered all of the...

The UKOUG are running a special interest group focused on mobile development.  This event, running in Thames Valley Park in Reading on the 9th Sept will cover not only development tools, but also look at how cloud is impacting mobile development and the challenges of securing mobile apps.  Given the massive drive behind mobile this is a great opportunity to look at how mobile could be influencing your business.Details of the event can be found here. 

The UKOUG are running a special interest group focused on mobile development.  This event, running in Thames Valley Park in Reading on the 9th Sept will cover not only development tools, but also look...

A little nugget from last weeks MAF Hackathon - someone had problems launching the Android emulator, and his disk space was severely limited.  Turns out the emulator creates a load of temp files - nearly a 1 Gb each - looks like these can be removed (unless someone knows otherwise!)C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\AndroidEmulator

A little nugget from last weeks MAF Hackathon - someone had problems launching the Android emulator, and his disk space was severely limited.  Turns out the emulator creates a load of temp files -nearl...

Oracle University are running the First Global Teach of the Oracle Middleware 12c: Build Rich Client Applications with ADF Ed 1 LVC [D76566GC10] class.  This training teaches you how to use the powerful, declarative features of ADF Business Components to build and test reusable business services, which you then expose in the user interface using ADF Faces rich client components. You will also learn how to quickly build complex navigation between pages, define validation logic and secure the application. After using the Fusion technology stack to build and test each part of your application, you'll get a chance to deploy the application to an Integrated WebLogic Server. Learn To: Build end-to-end web applications.Build rich user interfaces with ADF Faces.Develop Java EE components with Oracle ADF.Use the new capabilities of Oracle JDeveloper 12c.Date: 08-SEP-14Duration: 5 daysHours: 7.00 AM - 3.00 PM PSTLocation:  OnlineClickhere for more details

Oracle University are running the First Global Teach of the Oracle Middleware 12c: Build Rich Client Applications with ADF Ed 1 LVC [D76566GC10] class.  This training teaches you how to use thepowerful,...

Mobile is a real hot topic in the enterprise space, and apart from the whole Oracle World bandwaggon that will be rolling out in Sept/Oct, there are also some other regional events coming up with a strong mobile focus.UKOUG Special Interest Group - Sept ODTUG Mobile Day -  DecemberMobile workshops in US and Canada - throughout the second half of 2014 There are also online events coming up in the same timeframe so a perfect opportunity to get read for mobile... 

Mobile is a real hot topic in the enterprise space, and apart from the whole Oracle World bandwaggon that will be rolling out in Sept/Oct, there are also some other regional events coming up with a...

The Forms community are looking to get an insight into how people are using Forms and their plans for the future.  If you are using Forms this might be worth a couple of minutes of your timehttps://oracleformsinfo.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/migration-survey/ or jump directly to the survey here.

The Forms community are looking to get an insight into how people are using Forms and their plans for the future.  If you are using Forms this might be worth a couple of minutes of your time https://or...

3 new Oracle MAF videos published on device integration and preferences.  That's another 60+ minutes of FREE Oracle MAF educational content delivered by Oracle Product Management.  Please subscribe for more updated...next set of videos are on security!

3 new Oracle MAF videos published on device integration and preferences.  That's another 60+ minutes of FREE Oracle MAF educational content delivered by Oracle Product Management.  Please subscribe fo...

The SQLite database in Oracle MAF gives you the ability to work off line against local database.  In these three videos we give you the rundown on how to use the Oracle MAF SQLite database.  If you want to subscribe to this channel you can do so here. Introduction to the local database in Oracle MAF  JDBC basics in Oracle MAF Programming patterns for local database in Oracle MAF

The SQLite database in Oracle MAF gives you the ability to work off line against local database.  In these three videos we give you the rundown on how to use the Oracle MAF SQLite database.  If you...

Frank Nimphius takes to the stage to demonstrate consuming web services from Oracle MAF applications.  This series of videos includes intro level descriptions to data controls, bindings, REST and SOAP.  It then shifts up a gear to cover programmatic access to web services from Java in Oracle MAF.  If you are looking to skill up on Oracle MAF please subscribe to the channel.

Frank Nimphius takes to the stage to demonstrate consuming web services from Oracle MAF applications.  This series of videos includes intro level descriptions to data controls, bindings, REST and...

Oracle are running a Mobile Application Framework hackathon in Portugal at the beginning of August for Oracle Partners.  This is great opportunity to learn Oracle's strategic mobile application framework, as well as an chance to BYOA (Bring Your Own Application) and get Oracle experts to help you build it.  You can find out more details and register here.//cdn.app.compendium.com/uploads/user/e7c690e8-6ff9-102a-ac6d-e4aebca50425/f4a5b21d-66fa-4885-92bf-c4e81c06d916/File/9405a76b3afd89fe5969fa056fc5c51a/ofmsummercamps2014.htm

Oracle are running a Mobile Application Framework hackathon in Portugal at the beginning of August for Oracle Partners.  This is great opportunity to learn Oracle's strategic mobile application...

I've just release the next 10 episodes of the official Oracle MAF online training series.  That brings us up to a total of 25 videos so far with another 10 (on data and web services) being release next week.  You can access the YouTube channel at this link.  If you want to get up to speed on the technology underpinning Oracle's mobile strategy, this is where you need to be.

I've just release the next 10 episodes of the official Oracle MAF online training series.  That brings us up to a total of 25 videos so far with another 10 (on data and web services) being release...

You may have started to hear a buzz on the blogs about the release of Oracle Mobile Application Framework, for building on-device mobile applications. You can read the full story here.  To give you the full story about Oracle MAF there are two additional key learning resources you may be interested in. Oracle Mobile Platform YouTube channel.   This will be a dedicated channel for Oracle's strategic mobile platform. Click the link to subscribe Oracle Developer Academy.  An interactive online learning tool For the Oracle Mobile Platform YouTube channel we are planning on release a full, totally free Oracle MAF training course delivered by key Oracle experts.  Over 50 episodes will be released, the first 10 of which are up on the channel now.  So get learning!

You may have started to hear a buzz on the blogs about the release of Oracle Mobile Application Framework, for building on-device mobile applications. You can read the full story here.  To give you...

The deadline for submitting papers for the UKOUG Tech 2014 conference has been extended for a few more days.  This is a great conference with some great speakers and  its free to attend if you are presenting!  That's why I've submitted!

The deadline for submitting papers for the UKOUG Tech 2014 conference has been extended for a few more days.  This is a great conference with some great speakers and  its free to attend if you...

I had a brilliant couple of days teaching ADF and ADF mobile in Sweden, Norway and Denmark this week and as usual, I got asked for a copy of my slides. However I feel the slides are often worth a lot less without the presenter so instead I thought I would point to links which gives you the same information but in much more digestible format. For the broad material on learning Oracle ADF I recommend the following Quick Start Guide to JDeveloper and Oracle ADF ADFInsiderEssentials YouTube channel (Beginners playlist) For the Forms content we covered ADF for Forms and PL/SQL developers Why and how to migrate Forms  White paper Forms redevelopment case study ADF Mobile content ADF Insider Essentials YouTube (ADF Mobile playlist) 

I had a brilliant couple of days teaching ADF and ADF mobile in Sweden, Norway and Denmark this week and as usual, I got asked for a copy of my slides. However I feel the slides are often worth a lot...

The UKOUG is one of my favorite conferences of the year: local, good size, GREAT presentations.  If you want to attend this conference FOR FREE all you have to do is submit a paper and get accepted!  The call for papers is open and there are only a couple of weeks left to get your ideas in.  Any war stories, experiences, or if you feel you've a bit of technical expertise you'd like to share then get your ideas in.Database, PL/SQL, ADF, Apex, Forms, security, cloud, mobile, UX are all hot topics for the Development stream, but its up to you if you think you have an interesting story to tell others.I've submitted three already! 

The UKOUG is one of my favorite conferences of the year: local, good size, GREAT presentations.  If you want to attend this conference FOR FREE all you have to do is submit a paper and get accepted!  ...

For those of you, or in your organization, who are looking to get a quick start of Oracle ADF knowledge, or are looking to better understand Oracle's mobile strategy, I will be presenting a number of live workshops and seminars in the coming 6 weeks.  You don't get many things in life for free so its a great opportunity to get some free training directly from Oracle. For the Nordic events I will also be touching on the topic of Forms modernization and migration and giving a quick rundown of Oracle's mobile strategy as well.  ADF Developer Day Sweden 14th May 2014 ADF Developer Day Denmark 15th May 2014 ADF Developer Day Norway 4th June 2014 Scottish Oracle User Group, ADF Masterclass and Mobile strategy session, 11th and 12th June 

For those of you, or in your organization, who are looking to get a quick start of Oracle ADF knowledge, or are looking to better understand Oracle's mobile strategy, I will be presenting a number of...

Frederic Desbiens from the Oracle Product Management team will be presenting an interesting mash up of technologies at Collaborate in Las Vegas next week.  His session "Bring your APEX application to iOS and Android with ADF Mobile" will show how you can use the on-device power of ADF Mobile on iOS and Android to addess application functionality already developed in APEX.His session is on the 10th of April (Thu) at 4:15pm a Collaborate14 http://collaborate14.com/

Frederic Desbiens from the Oracle Product Management team will be presenting an interesting mash up of technologies at Collaborate in Las Vegas next week.  His session "Bring your APEX application to...

If you are looking to drive a mobile strategy in your business there is a great event being run by Oracle UK onthe 14th of May.  You can register here.The agenda includes industry leaders discussing mobile strategy as well as topics such as cloud and security.

If you are looking to drive a mobile strategy in your business there is a great event being run by Oracle UK onthe 14th of May.  You can register here. The agenda includes industry leaders discussing...

ADF Architecture and Design best practices has been a topic which has been keeping my team busy over the past 18 months.  We've already delivered training to hundreds of developers and architects both inside and outside of Oracle.  Here is a picture from some training recently delivered in Bangalore, India.Whilst a live instructor lead class in great, not everyone can make these so, for those of us tied to our desk you can also access all of the training material from the ADF Architecture TV YouTube channel.

ADF Architecture and Design best practices has been a topic which has been keeping my team busy over the past 18 months.  We've already delivered training to hundreds of developers and architects both...

I'm in Dublin to speak about Oracle's mobile strategy at the annual Oracle User Group conference.  Given mobile seems to be a hot topic I hope it will be useful to get a vision of where Oracle is going in this market.

I'm in Dublin to speak about Oracle's mobile strategy at the annual Oracle User Group conference.  Given mobile seems to be a hot topic I hope it will be useful to get a vision of where Oracle...

Yes you heard right.  Oracle Forms on mobile devices!  If you want to find out more, ODTUG are holding a webinar on the 27th of Feb.  You'll get a rundown on the options you have with Forms, the challenges, and you'll see loads of cool demos of what mobile could do for you.  Oracle Senior Director of Product Management Denis Tyrell and CEO of Auraplayer Mia Urman will be your hosts.  For more information on this must-not-miss event, see this blog post.

Yes you heard right.  Oracle Forms on mobile devices!  If you want to find out more, ODTUG are holding a webinar on the 27th of Feb.  You'll get a rundown on the options you have with Forms, the...

You might start hearing mention of a new product/initiative from Oracle called Oracle Mobile Suite.  This is a suite of products covering the development efforts for building Enterprise mobile applications; and that includes the on-device applications as well as the back-end services they consume.  To help you understand a little more of the challenges, the products available, and Oracle's vision, my team put together a short video on Oracle Mobile Suite which gives you the main points to understand.

You might start hearing mention of a new product/initiative from Oracle called Oracle Mobile Suite.  This is a suite of products covering the development efforts for building Enterprise mobile...

Interesting survey for all of you with an investment in Oracle Forms.  We want to hear from you.  If you have 30 seconds, please check out the survey.

Interesting survey for all of you with an investment in Oracle Forms.  We want to hear from you.  If you have 30 seconds, please check out the survey.

At a recent Oracle virtual developer day I presented a session on "Oracle ADF For Forms and PL/SQL Developers – Why it’s the right choice".  In this presentation I talk about why you might be considering ADF, the challenges of re-education and what opporuntinies you might be able to realise by choosing ADF.If you are considering ADF, this might be an interesting watch to arm you with some relevant facts.

At a recent Oracle virtual developer day I presented a session on "Oracle ADF For Forms and PL/SQL Developers – Why it’s the right choice".  In this presentation I talk about why you might be...

Seemingly randomly I started having errors trying to deploy an ADF Mobile application to my Nexus 7 tablet.  I was getting[10:28:07 AM] Shutting down Android Debug Bridge server...[10:28:07 AM] Deployment cancelled.[10:28:07 AM] ----  Deployment incomplete  ----.[10:28:07 AM] Failed to detect a connected Android device.  Make sure the device is connected.  Otherwise, manually restart the ADB server.  The following results were provided by ADB:List of devices    attached (oracle.adfmf.framework.dt.deploy.android.deployers.CheckAttachedDevicesDeployer)But in addition, I also noted that some software I was using to view the Nexus on my PC was also not finding the tablet.  I also couldn't see the tablet on the Windows Explorer window - so, something somewhere outside of JDeveloper seemed to be the problem.What I did to fix this was the followingFrom the Windows Start I ran devmgmt.msc and from here I found "Android Composite ADB Device" - I double clicked on this to chose to uninstall AND delete the driver.I then re-connected the Nexus and it started to install the driver.  I got an error here but I pressed on regardless since now at least Windows Explorer could see the device although JDeveloper couldn'tI made sure USB Debugging was ON on the tablet AND I also switch off Media Device (MTP) which is a USB connection option.The combination of the above and the luck of the gods seemed to have got things working. 

Seemingly randomly I started having errors trying to deploy an ADF Mobile application to my Nexus 7 tablet.  I was getting [10:28:07 AM] Shutting down Android Debug Bridge server...[10:28:07 AM]...

Jobinesh Purushothaman, author of the Oracle ADF Real World Developer's Guide, will be delivering a free ADF Architecture and Best Pratices course in Bangalore, India.  The course is not for ADF newbies, instead it will focus on real world implementation patterns and best practices including security, advanced task flows, application module design, building scalable business components and much much more.  This will be an must-not-miss event for those who are committed to implementing ADF applications.This course is for employees and Oracle partners and you get register here: http://eventreg.oracle.com/profile/web/index.cfm?PKWebId=0x51719d89f

Jobinesh Purushothaman, author of the Oracle ADF Real World Developer's Guide, will be delivering a free ADF Architecture and Best Pratices course in Bangalore, India.  The course is not for ADF...

The first UKOUG Development SIG of 2014 kicks off in London on the 5th of Feb.  The topics are aimed at de-mystifying all these new technologies that come along in middleware: Service Bus, Coherence, Web Services, IDM.  This will be a great opportunity to get some solid grounding as well as the usual networking opportunities.You can see the full agenda here http://www.ukoug.org/events/ukoug-development-sig-meeting-feb14/

The first UKOUG Development SIG of 2014 kicks off in London on the 5th of Feb.  The topics are aimed at de-mystifying all these new technologies that come along in middleware: Service Bus, Coherence,...

The ADF Architecture TV channel has over the past couple of months been releasing weekly episodes on ADF architecture and best practices.  Given the demand for this content we've decided to move to a twice a week schedule.  So now on a Tuesday and a Thursday we'll be releasing new episodes.  You can also subscribe to the channel here.  Currently we are running episodes around Application Module design.

The ADF Architecture TV channel has over the past couple of months been releasing weekly episodes on ADF architecture and best practices.  Given the demand for this content we've decided to move to a...

Mobile has been a topic that has been making a buzz around the conferences over the past year so it is good to hear Oracle's official position.  On Thursday 12th December there will be a webinar held jointly with Gartner to discussOracle's mobile strategyThe challenges of enterprise mobile developmentHow Oracle's Mobile Platform addresses those challengesThe webinar is free and you can register here.

Mobile has been a topic that has been making a buzz around the conferences over the past year so it is good to hear Oracle's official position.  On Thursday 12th December there will be a webinar held...

Just a reminder that a set of three Oracle Developer Days focused on Oracle ADF are starting out on today .Top Ten Secrets of Successful Oracle Application Development Framework ProjectsImprove Your ADF Fusion Application's Response Time by as Much as 70 PercentBest Practices for Developing Applications with Oracle ADF MobileBest Practices in Oracle ADF DevelopmentDeveloping Mobile Web Applications with Oracle ADF FacesDebugging and logging for Oracle ADF applicationsThere is also a track dedicated to getting started with Oracle ADF Mobile.You can register for the events here.Events are running in three time zones on different days:Americas - Tuesday  - November 19th / 9am to 1pm PDT / 12pm to 4pm EDT/ 1pm to 5pm BRTAPAC - Thursday  - November 21st / 10am – 1:30pm IST (India) / 12:30pm – 4pm SGT (Singapore) / 3:30pm – 7pm AESDTEMEA - Tuesday - November 26th / 9am - 1pm GMT / 1pm - 5pm GST/ 2:30pm - 6:30pm ISTThis is a unique opportunity to get some of the content that you get in real events such as OpenWorld directly from your work/home computer.Come learn something new!

Just a reminder that a set of three Oracle Developer Days focused on Oracle ADF are starting out on today . Top Ten Secrets of Successful Oracle Application Development Framework Projects Improve Your ADF...

Oracle is running a 3 day workshop on ADF Design and Architecture.  This is not a beginners course, its a deep dive into the design and architectural decision you have to consider when embarking on an ADF project.  Its running  3-6 December , 2013: Düsseldorf, Germany and topics include:" Planning & Get Started - Team, Skills and Development Environments" ADF Reusable Artifacts" Advanced Task Flows" ADF Architectural Patterns" Task Flow Navigation Patterns" Task Flow Data Control Scope Options" Task Flow Transaction Options" ADF BC Application Module Design" Task Flow Communications Patterns" Service Integration Architectures" ADF Service Architectures" Architecting for PLSQL Integration" Designing for Security" Application Customization and MDS" Designing for Internationalization"You can Register Here!

Oracle is running a 3 day workshop on ADF Design and Architecture.  This is not a beginners course, its a deep dive into the design and architectural decision you have to consider when embarking on an...

There is an Oracle roadshow about to kick off covering topics such as Cloud, Big Data and Mobile.  Mobile (my area of interest) is a real hot topic in business now with many moving to a "mobile first" development approach.  I'll be there talking about mobile and Oracle's solution for mobile offerings.  The UK/Ireland events are in London, Manchester and Dublin.  Places are of course limited but registration is open

There is an Oracle roadshow about to kick off covering topics such as Cloud, Big Data and Mobile.  Mobile (my area of interest) is a real hot topic in business now with many moving to a "mobile first"...

Last week I was delivering a Application Usability workshop with Ultan O'Broin to Oracle UK partners.  This workshop was all about building great looking usable apps with Oracle ADF.  Ultan has a great write up of the class here.  There are more of these events running gloablly in 2013-2014.  The next will be in San Francisco on the 5th and 6th November.

Last week I was delivering a Application Usability workshop with Ultan O'Broin to Oracle UK partners.  This workshop was all about building great looking usable apps with Oracle ADF.  Ultan has a...

The ADF Academy series which focusus on ADF Mobile has been updated to inlcude a new chapter on ADF Mobile security.  A great learning resource for getting up to speed on ADF Mobile.

The ADF Academy series which focusus on ADF Mobile has been updated to inlcude a new chapter on ADF Mobile security.  A great learning resource for getting up to speed on ADF Mobile.

I'm running an event Building Usable Apps with ADF and ADF Mobile with Ultan from  the UX team at Oracle's UK Reading offices on the 17th-18th October and will cover many aspects of building usable applications based on Oracle ADF and Mobile.  This is an opportunity for Oracle partners to learn about the UX side of application development - and remember, the expectations of users on mobile applications is much higher given the commodity nature of mobile devices.  So come and learn a few lessons from Oracle!

I'm running an event Building Usable Apps with ADF and ADF Mobile with Ultan from  the UX team at Oracle's UK Reading offices on the 17th-18th October and will cover many aspects of building usable...

Big data is one of those terms we are seeing banded about but what does it mean to you as a developer?  To help get you up to speed the UKOUG Development SIG are hosting a day centered around Big Data.  Sept 11th at the UK Oracle offices in Reading you'll hear from various experts on what Big Data means for businesses and for developers. 

Big data is one of those terms we are seeing banded about but what does it mean to you as a developer?  To help get you up to speed the UKOUG Development SIG are hosting a day centered around...

I'm very pleased to announce that the ADF Real World Architecture and Design Principles course scheduled to run in India in September.  Not only is the great content developed by leading ADF experts in conjuction with Oracle's Fusion Apps team, but its also being presented by one of the shining lights in ADF-land; Jobinesh Purushothaman who wrote "The Real World Developer's Guide"If you would like to attend this course please click the link above and let us know if you have an interest to run this in your region.

I'm very pleased to announce that the ADF Real World Architecture and Design Principles course scheduled to run in India in September.  Not only is the great content developed by leading ADF experts...

Oracle World 2013 is again awash with leading edge sessions on Oracle ADF, mobile and Cloud.  Here are some of the top ADF and Forms sessions at Oracle World 2013.  In addition, all your favourite Product Managers will be staffing the ADF and Forms demo grounds.

Oracle World 2013 is again awash with leading edge sessions on Oracle ADF, mobile and Cloud.  Here are some of the top ADF and Forms sessions at Oracle World 2013.  In addition, all your favourite...

If you are looking for a short and succinct understanding of the value of ADF Mobile then look no further.  This video given you a quick insight into how ADF Mobile helps you.

If you are looking for a short and succinct understanding of the value of ADF Mobile then look no further.  This video given you a quick insight into how ADF Mobile helps you.

Calling all Oracle partners.  If you want to become specialized in Oracle ADF, now is your chance with 8 ADF worshops running in EMEA in the last quarter of this year.  No excuses not to get skilled up and become a key Oracle partner in the middleware and ADF space.

Calling all Oracle partners.  If you want to become specialized in Oracle ADF, now is your chance with 8 ADF worshops running in EMEA in the last quarter of this year.  No excuses not to get skilled...

I was about to write an entry on the full list of events relevant to Forms and ADF at Oracle World 2013 but I see Shay has beaten me to it, so here it is.  If you were ever going to spend some training dollar$ on ADF then this is where you should be spending it.  A packed agenda of ADF sessions from pretty much the who's who in ADF-land.

I was about to write an entry on the full list of events relevant to Forms and ADF at Oracle World 2013 but I see Shay has beaten me to it, so here it is.  If you were ever going to spend some...

I recently wrote an article on the usability science that goes into Fusion Applications and Oracle ADF.  On the back of this, Ultan O'Broin from Oracle's Usability group published a video tour of Oracle Applications User Experience Usability Labs.This is a fascinating insight into the effort and importance of getting the user experience right.  

I recently wrote an article on the usability science that goes into Fusion Applications and Oracle ADF.  On the back of this, Ultan O'Broin from Oracle's Usability group published a video tour of...

If you've not see the announcement yet then you have to check out the new ADF Architecture TV channel. Here is a quick infomercial if you've not seen it! This is a new initiative from us in Oracle Product Management to drive best-pratices and design out to the community through a series of weekly episodes from key Oracle ADF specialists.  In this episode Chris Muir talks about Planning and Getting Started - Developer PCs.  Make sure you subscribe as we have over 100 episodes planned covering security, web services, PL/SQL integration, UI design and much more!

If you've not see the announcement yet then you have to check out the new ADF Architecture TV channel. Here is a quick infomercial if you've not seen it!  This is a new initiative from us in Oracle...

The ADF Insider series has a new video which is our first on the newly released JDeveloper 12c. This video is a short introducion and demo to the Maven Support in JDeveloper 12c

The ADF Insider series has a new video which is our first on the newly released JDeveloper 12c. This video is a short introducion and demo to the Maven Support in JDeveloper 12c

I've just uploaded a new ADF Insider video by Frank Nimphius that discussed the tips, tricks and pitfalls of the lifecycle associated with the JSF and ADF Faces lifecycle.  This is an essential part of the platform to understand and 45 minutes here will save you a lot of pain later on!

I've just uploaded a new ADF Insider video by Frank Nimphius that discussed the tips, tricks and pitfalls of the lifecycle associated with the JSF and ADF Faces lifecycle.  This is an essential part...

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

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

Packt Publishing asked me to review Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide by Vinod Krishnan, so on a couple of long flights I managed to get through the book in a couple of sittings.One point to make clear before I go into the review.  Having authored "The Quick Start Guide to Fusion Development: JDeveloper and Oracle ADF", I've written a book which covers the same topic/beginner level.  I also think that its worth stating up front that I applaud anyone who has gone  through the effort of writing a technical book. So well done Vinod.  But on to the review:The book itself is a good break down of topic areas.  Vinod starts with a quick tour around the IDE, which is an important step given all the work you do will be through the IDE.  The book then goes through the general path that I tend to always teach: a quick overview demo, ADF BC, validation, binding, UI, task flows and then the various "add on" topics like security, MDS and advanced topics.  So it covers the right topics in, IMO, the right order.  I also think the writing style flows nicely as well - Its a relatively easy book to read, it doesn't get too formal and the "Have a go hero" hands on sections will be useful for many.That said, I did pick out a number of styles/themes to the writing that I found went against the idea of a beginners guide.  For example, in writing my book, I tried to carefully avoid talking about topics not yet covered or not yet relevant at that point in someone's learning.  So, if I was a new ADF developer reading this book, did I really need to know about ADFBindingFilter and DataBindings.cpx file on page 58 - I've only just learned how to do a drag and drop simple application so showing me XML configuration files relevant to JSF/ADF lifecycle is probably going to scare me off!I found this in a couple of places, for example, the security chapter starts on page 219 but by page 222 (and most of the preceding pages are hands-on steps) we're diving into the web.xml, weblogic.xml, adf-config.xml, jsp-config.xml and jazn-data.xml.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you shouldn't know this, but I feel you have to get people on a strong grounding of the concepts before showing them implementation files.  If having just learned what ADF Security is will "The initialization parameter remove.anonymous.role is set to false for the JpsFilter filter as this filter is the first filter defined in the file" really going to help me?The other theme I found which I felt didn't work was that a couple of the chapters descended into a reference guide.  For example page 159 onwards basically lists UI components and their properties.  And page 87 onwards list the attributes of ADF BC in pretty much the same way as the on line help or developer guide, and I've a personal aversion to any sort of help that says pretty much what the attribute name is e.g. "Precision Rule: this option is used to set a strict precision rule", or "Property Set: this is the property set that has to be applied to the attribute". Hmmm, I think I could have worked that out myself, what I would want to know in a beginners guide are what are these for, what might I use them for...and if I don't need to use them to create an emp/dept example them maybe it’s better to leave them out.All that said, would the book help me - yes it would.  It’s obvious that Vinod knows ADF and his style is relatively easy going and the book covers all that it has to, but I think the book could have done a better job in the educational side of guiding beginners.

Packt Publishing asked me to review Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide by Vinod Krishnan, so on a couple of long flights I managed to get through the book in a couple of sittings. One point...

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

I'm very pleased to announce that we are launching a new on line learning initiative called ADF Academy.  The first release is focused on ADF Mobile.  This is an interactive learning course which...

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

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

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

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

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

I'm pleased to announce that Andrejus Baranovskis, one of the leading experts in Oracle ADF, is running a free webinar masterclass on the 14th of May 2013.  This is a chance for you to learn from a...

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

After the success of the generic mobile development SIG earlier in the year, the UKOUG are having a SIG focused on ADF Mobile, the technology behind the mobility of Fusion Applications.  Topics...

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

For anyone looking to skill up on ADF Mobile, Chris Muir is running a series of events in Australia in April and May.  Each will be a full day covering how to build mobile applications,...

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

For those of you looking at ADF Mobile for building on-device mobile applications we published a playlist called ADF Mobile - Integrating Device Services which brings together the various videos we...

Oracle Forms remains a key technology that underpins many of our enterprise businesses.  For companies looking to the benefits of cloud host, running Oracle Forms on the cloud is a viable option with new features we've added to Oracle Forms.  I hope you managed to catch the webcast which explained bhow you can modernize your Oracle Forms investment via the cloud

Oracle Forms remains a key technology that underpins many of our enterprise businesses.  For companies looking to the benefits of cloud host, running Oracle Forms on the cloud is a viable option with...

Oracle has confrimed a hands-on ADF training day on the 10th April 2013 in Oracle's Reading offices in the UK.  This will be aimed at new ADF and JDeveloper developers and will lead you through the basics and some more intermediate topics to kick-start your ADF learning.   I will be delivering the training and places are limited to less that 20 so get registered ASAP. 

Oracle has confrimed a hands-on ADF training day on the 10th April 2013 in Oracle's Reading offices in the UK.  This will be aimed at new ADF and JDeveloper developers and will lead you through the...

I'm off to the Oracle User Group Ireland tomorrow (12th March) where, amongst other things, I'll be presenting two sesssions:The Quick Start Guide to Oracle ADF is based on my book and is aimed at giving you a whistlestop tour of what ADF is all about.Mobile Application for the Enterprise will be focused on the hot topic of developing for mobile devices, the market, the challenges and some of the solutions.I've also go my eye on "Mobile in Fusion: Rich User Experience Through Reusable Design Patterns" inbetween my sessions which should be an interesting insight on the user experience challenges of how we build mobile applications for Fusion. 

I'm off to the Oracle User Group Ireland tomorrow (12th March) where, amongst other things, I'll be presenting two sesssions: The Quick Start Guide to Oracle ADF is based on my book and is aimed at...

Nice video from Qualcomm talking about their application development based around SOA, Oracle ADF and EBusiness Suite.  Specifically points made about Oracle ADF:Modern, contemporary look and feelDon't have to have low-level code development 

Nice video from Qualcomm talking about their application development based around SOA, Oracle ADF and EBusiness Suite.  Specifically points made about Oracle ADF: Modern, contemporary look and feel Don't...

I've just recorded and uploaded a new video on how to call REST services from an ADF Mobile application.  Given REST is one of the primary mechanisms for interacting with mobile devices, I'm hoping this will be a key piece of information on developing ADF Mobile Application (after all, that's why the channel is called ADF Insider Essentials!)  In the demo I show using the URL Data Control and also how to use the REST Service Adaptor.

I've just recorded and uploaded a new video on how to call REST services from an ADF Mobile application.  Given REST is one of the primary mechanisms for interacting with mobile devices, I'm...

I've just uploaded a new video giving an overview of ADF Mobile including positioning, technology and a product demo.  The video is available on our official YouTube Channel

I've just uploaded a new video giving an overview of ADF Mobile including positioning, technology and a product demo.  The video is available on our official YouTube Channel

Do you want to join a free online developer day where you can learn about the various components that make up the Oracle Fusion Development platform including ADF, ADF Mobile, Oracle WebCenter, Business Intelligence and more. Online seminars and hands-on labs available directly from your browser.   This virtual developer day is running on the 5th March and you can register here.There are seminar sessions as well as live chat with Oracle experts (including me!) and hands on sessions.  This is a great way to kick start as well as improve your knowledge of Oracle FMW, Oracle ADF and other technologies. 

Do you want to join a free online developer day where you can learn about the various components that make up the Oracle Fusion Development platform including ADF, ADF Mobile, Oracle WebCenter,...

If you are looking to try out ADF Mobile on the Android platform then you have a couple of things to set up.  This new ADF Insider Essentials video shows you how to set up the Android SDK, the emulator, JDeveloper and how to create a keystore for release deployment.

If you are looking to try out ADF Mobile on the Android platform then you have a couple of things to set up.  This new ADF Insider Essentials videoshows you how to set up the Android SDK, the...

Many analysts are predicting that mobile application will be a gamechanger for businesses.  Infact its probably fair to say that "big business" is playing catch-up with consumer driven mobile applications.  So it is timely that the UKOUG are running a Special Interest Group on Mobile development.  This full day session will include presentations on native mobile development, ADF Mobile and Application Express.  There will also be discussion on the legal and security aspects of mobile development followed by an open discussion.  Its taking place at the Oracle offices in BVP (Birmingham, UK) on the 5th Feb 2013.  Last time I checked there were about 10 places left. 

Many analysts are predicting that mobile application will be a gamechanger for businesses.  Infact its probably fair to say that "big business" is playing catch-up with consumer driven mobile...

The Oracle SOA Partner community are running an event the week of 19th February in Vilamoura, Portugal.  I will be there presenting sessions on ADF Mobile and SOA/ADF Mobile.  Frank Nimphius will also be delivering a 2 day ADF Architecture training course.  There is even a session about running Forms in the cloud! If you can make this event, its a great few days of content.

The Oracle SOA Partner community are running an event the week of 19th February in Vilamoura, Portugal.  I will be there presenting sessions on ADF Mobile and SOA/ADF Mobile.  Frank Nimphius will also...

I've just published a new ADF Insider Essentials on Building Performant ADF Business Components Applications. Apart from anything else, this is a great insight into the internal workings of ADF Business Components and I would saw is a MUST for all ADF developers. Its the first ADF Insider Essentials from Jobinesh, who is an ADF architect and author of the Oracle ADF Real World Developer's Guide.

I've just published a new ADF Insider Essentials on Building Performant ADF Business Components Applications. Apart from anything else, this is a great insight into the internal workings of ADF...

Just incase anyone missed this (and, ahem, I did as well) we publish Kindle ready formats of the various ADF Developer Guides.  Simply go to the HTML version of the guide and in the top right hand corner is a link to "mobi" - you simly copy this on to your Kindle and you have ADF Developer Guides on the move...perfect holiday reading! ;o)

Just incase anyone missed this (and, ahem, I did as well) we publish Kindle ready formats of the various ADF Developer Guides.  Simply go to the HTML version of the guide and in the top right hand...

My team have been involved in rolling out a number of hands on Mobile Application development sessions in the past months and February sees Lynn Munsinger running a mobile hands-on session at the RMOUG.  Mobile is without doubt one of the hottest technology challenges/opportunities for business at the moment and this is a great chance to get some real hands-on experiences of developing on-device applications for Android and iOS.

My team have been involved in rolling out a number of hands on Mobile Application development sessions in the past months and February sees Lynn Munsinger running a mobile hands-on session at the...

You may know some us of (or at least the names), but I wanted to introduce you to the ADF Enablement team and give you an insight into what we do.  We are part of the Oracle ADF Product Management group and our remit is the successful enablement of ADF.  So what does that really mean?  Well as product managers we are focused on the success of the product, but specifically we are tasked with helping customers and developers adopt, learn and ultimately be successful with Oracle ADF.Generally speaking, there are two ways to do this.  The first is the reactive support and help of customers.  So for example, many of us are engaged with internal (remember, ADF is used for many of our internal systems including Fusion Apps) and external customers.  This might involve code reviews, architecture reviews, helping on escalated issues with Support, developing workarounds, logging bugs, suggesting enhancements and answering forum posts.Now, the problem with that is there are only so many customers we can engage with at any one time, so we try to scale up our enablement through proactive initiatives.  So things like ADF Code Corner, ADF Insider and ADF Insider Essentials, ADF Architecture Square and our Advanced ADF Ecourse are developed from within this team.  Future proactive initiatives also include a live ADF Architecture course, ADF Faces Usability course and two new ecourses (in a new format) for mobile and Java.You'll also find us globetrotting and turning up at various events.  You'll usually find at least one of us at an Oracle user group near you (if not, just ask us!) and we're often the trainers delivering live classes and education for internal and external customers.  Oh, and we've published books on Web Center and ADF and have regular columns in various Oracle and user group magazines.So, that's what we do, now to meet the team.  We're a globally diverse team but late in 2012 we managed to find ourselves all in the same country, and infact, in the same pub and here is the picture to prove it.          The team is, from left to right:Susan Duncan (UK) - who runs the Mobile program office, setting up developers who want to develop mobile applications Chris Muir (AUS) - our APAC ADF guru and co-founder of the ADF EMG Frederic Desbiens (CA) - our newest member who brings a wealth of real world ADF development experience Lynn Munsinger (US) - the brains behind Fusion Order Demo and also runs the team* who develop OU courses and tutorials Grant Ronald (UK) - I have the pleasure of managing this group of wonderful individuals, and anything Forms/ADF Frank Nimphius (DE) - All round ADF-meister and font of all ADF knowledge. So next time you pick up an ADF developer guide, code sample, book or attend a training course, it might be one of the ADF Enablement team who has had a hand in it.* And a call out to Lynn's team: Gary Williams, DeDe Morton and Jeff Gallus.

You may know some us of (or at least the names), but I wanted to introduce you to the ADF Enablement team and give you an insight into what we do.  We are part of the Oracle ADF Product Management...

For anyone embarking on an ADF development project you might want to set up some standards relating to coding and application structure.  Chris Muir from my ADF Enablement team has been leading and initiative to document many of these standards.  As he noted, there is no "one size fits all", but it should give you a broad set of best practices to follow.  Something to ensure you have close to habd when starting your next ADF project.

For anyone embarking on an ADF development project you might want to set up some standards relating to coding and application structure.  Chris Muir from my ADF Enablement team has been leading and...

I've seen this come up a couple of times so I thought I would post this here.  You may have read that at the end of Feb 2013 there will be no more public updates of Java SE 6.  So how does this affect Oracle Forms 11g which is still certified with JDK 1.6.  The good news is that the support date for Forms 11g takes precedence.  Please see the support notes 1470123.1 and 952075.1.If you choose to update to JDK 7 please also read support note 1519244.1

I've seen this come up a couple of times so I thought I would post this here.  You may have read that at the end of Feb 2013 there will be no more public updates of Java SE 6.  So how does this...

If you are new to ADF and want a quick rundown of what it does, ODTUG and PITSS are running a webinar on Tue 22nd January.  An hour on a webinar might just kickstart your understanding.

If you are new to ADF and want a quick rundown of what it does, ODTUG and PITSS are running a webinar on Tue 22nd January.  An hour on a webinar might just kickstart your understanding.

UKOUG are running an awesome special interest group on mobile development.  The ability to run and access enterprise applications on smartphones and tablets is probably the hottest development topic right now and its great to see the UKOUG dedicating a full day on this.  This is not just about a specific product but is aimed at the whole development experience of building for mobile and tablet.  Its the 5th of Feb at the Oracle offices in Birmingham. Places are limited so register your interest with the UKOUG as soon as possible. 

UKOUG are running an awesome special interest group on mobile development.  The ability to run and access enterprise applications on smartphones and tablets is probably the hottest development topic...

I've uploaded two new videos onto our official YouTube channel.  the first is Frederic Desbiens showing you how to set up a stand alone WebLogic Server instance and share it between JDeveloper and OEPE.  The second is from Chris Muir and introduces ojdeploy and how you can use ojdeploy to help in building your ADF applications.

I've uploaded two new videos onto our official YouTube channel.  the first is Frederic Desbiens showing you how to set up a stand alone WebLogic Server instance and share it between JDeveloper and...

I'm sitting here writing an article on Mobile application development so its a nice coincidence that this post came up from Oraplayer.  Its a reasonable questions to ask: you've a key application running Oracle Forms, but with more and more demand for mobile access to applications, how could you expose this application to a mobile device.  The first thing to be clear on is that Forms won't run ON the actual mobile device.  The second thing is, not all "typical" Forms screens would make sense on a tiny mobile phone screen, so you really have to be clear on the use case here.So rather than performing some complex order entry on a phone, I'm probably more likely to want to check or update the status of an order.  It turns out that the Oraplayer solution has a neat way of first of all recording which fields on the Form you would want to "mobilize", and then it creates a web service to access those fields.  The web service can then be deployed and accessed, just like any old web service, from a mobile device using a technology like ADF Mobile.So, rather and ripping and replacing your Forms application just because it limits you to "back office" data entry, you now have a shiney new mobile access channel to offer to your employees/customers! 

I'm sitting here writing an article on Mobile application development so its a nice coincidence that this post came up from Oraplayer.  Its a reasonable questions to ask: you've a key application...

We are often guilty of only demo'ing and documenting the Oracle ADF Business Components/Database side of development.  Of course, not all applications are based (directly) on a database.  Sometimes your application works only against a set of services.  This new ADF Insider recording explains some of the best pracitces for intgerating Web Services into Oracle ADF, including a discussion on wrapping them inside ADF Business Components.Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel for more updates.

We are often guilty of only demo'ing and documenting the Oracle ADF Business Components/Database side of development.  Of course, not all applications are based (directly) on a database.  Sometimes...

Earlier in the month the UKOUG ran a 3 day hands-on workshop at the main technology conference.  Nearly 100 people sat down and completed a lab in how to build an application to run on an iPhone.  Well based on that success, the UKOUG will be running a Development SIG specifically focused on how to develop for the Mobile platform.  The SIG is on the 5th of Feb in Oracle's offices near Birmingham and will feature presentations on native device development, ADF, Apex, even a tablet application which supports the Eurofighter.  Just think, launching missles from your iPad! - Joking aside, Mobile is one of the hotest development themes around and I would expect this session to be a sell out.

Earlier in the month the UKOUG ran a 3 day hands-on workshop at the main technology conference.  Nearly 100 people sat down and completed a lab in how to build an application to run on an iPhone. ...

I see Gert Poel is giving a presention on how a Forms Developer Immersed Himself in ADF.  Great to see ODTUG supporting the growing ADF community and members of that community sharing their experiences.  The webinar is on the 10th of January, registration link is here.

I see Gert Poel is giving a presention on how a Forms Developer Immersed Himself in ADF.  Great to see ODTUG supporting the growing ADF community and members of that community sharing their...

Shay posted an interesting insight into a "hackathon" we ran at HQ over the weekend.  Interesting to see how rich a mobile application these guys were able to develop with only 2 hours of ADF training!  If you were ever looking for a proof point on ADF productivity, look no further.

Shay posted an interesting insight into a "hackathon" we ran at HQ over the weekend.  Interesting to see how rich a mobile application these guys were able to develop with only 2 hours of ADF...

I'm pleased to announce that Oracle Forms 11gR2 patch 1 has been released.  Amongst other things, this brings us Linux 6 and client side JRE 1.7 support.  Please ensure you check the certification matrix and readme files before installing.

I'm pleased to announce that Oracle Forms 11gR2 patch 1 has been released.  Amongst other things, this brings us Linux 6 and client side JRE 1.7 support.  Please ensure you check the certification...

I'm half way through my review of "Oracle ADF Real World Developer's Guide" by Jobinesh Purushothaman - unfortunately some work deadlines de-railed me from having completed my review by now but here goes.  First thing, Jobinesh works in the Oracle Product Management team with me, so is a colleague. That declaration aside, its clear that this is someone who has done the "real world" side of ADF development and that comes out in the book.In this book he addresses both the newbies and the experience developers alike.  He introduces the ADF building blocks like entity objects and view obejcts, but also goes into some of the nitty gritty details as well.  There is a pro and con to this approach; having only just learned about an entity or view object, you might then be blown away by some of the lower details of coding or lifecycle.  In that respect, you might consider this a book which you could read 3 or 4 times; maybe skipping some elements in the first read but on the next read you have a better grounding to learn the more advanced topics.One of the key issues he addresses is breaking down what happens behind the scenes.  At first, this may not seem important since you trust the framework to do everything for you - but having an understanding of what goes on is essential as you move through development.  For example, page 58 he explains the full lifecycle of what happens when you execute a query.  I think this is a great feature of his book. You see this elsewhere, for example he explains the full lifecycle of what goes on when a page is accessed : which files are involved,the JSF lifecycle etc.He also sprinkes the book with some best practices and advice which go beyond the standard features of ADF and really hits the mark in terms of "real world" advice.So in summary, this is a great ADF book, well written and covering a mass of information.  If you are brand new to ADF its still valid given it does start with the basics.  But you might want to read the book 2 or 3 times, skipping the advanced stuff on the first read.  For those who have some basics already then its going to be an awesome way to cement your knowledge and take it to the next levels.  And for the ADF experts, you are still going to pick up some great ADF nuggets. Advice: every ADF developer should have one!

I'm half way through my review of "Oracle ADF Real World Developer's Guide" by Jobinesh Purushothaman - unfortunately some work deadlines de-railed me from having completed my review by now but here...

We are running an online Virtual Developer Day on Tuesday 11th of December from 9am GMT.  A range of topics including ADF, Mobile, BI, Portal and BPM.  And you can chat live to Oracle Product Managers as well.  I'll be one of them!  It is free to sign up.

We are running an online Virtual Developer Day on Tuesday 11th of December from 9am GMT.  A range of topics including ADF, Mobile, BI, Portal and BPM.  And you can chat live to Oracle Product...