Oracle APEX 18.1 For Beginners: A platform to rapidly develop data-centric web applications accessible from a multitude of devices

This is my seventh book on Oracle Application Express (APEX) written for the latest 18.1 version. Just like my previous books that exposed the technology to thousands around the globe, this book is also aimed at absolute beginners who wish to learn from self-paced professional guidance and need a solid foundation in Oracle APEX.

Oracle APEX is an amazing development platform in which you can build robust web applications. Not only it provides an environment where you can rapidly develop data-centric web applications, it also allows end-users to interact with their data via tools like interactive report, interactive grid, different types of charts, maps and more.

The most convincing way to explore a technology is to apply it to a real world problem. Without involving the audience too much into the boring bits, the book adopts an inspiring approach that helps beginners practically evaluate almost every feature of Oracle APEX. In this book, you'll develop an application that demonstrates the use of those features to get hands-on exposure of Oracle APEX anatomy. The sticky inspirational approach adopted in this book not only exposes the technology, but also draws you in and keeps your interest up till the last exercise.

The objective of this book is to introduce you to the art of building web applications by iteratively developing the sample database application (provided with Oracle APEX) from scratch. The application demonstrates how to display summary information, use reports and forms for viewing, updating, and adding information, include charts and maps to visualize information, and create dedicated mobile pages. This application has been chosen as an example because you can learn most of the techniques from it for your own future work. The primary purpose of this book is to teach you how to use Oracle APEX to realize your own development goals. Each chapter in this book explores a basic area of functionality and delivers the development techniques to achieve that functionality. By the time you reach the end of the examples in this book, you will have a clear understanding of Oracle APEX and will be able to extend the application in almost any direction.

The short list below presents some main topics of Oracle APEX covered in this book:

• Rapid web application development for desktops, laptops, tablets, and latest smartphones
• Create comprehensive applications declaratively without writing tons of code
• Design application pages using Page Designer
• Create applications with the help of wizards
• Create custom application pages by adding components manually
• Use same interface and code to develop applications for a wide array of devices
• Present data using a variety of eye-catching charts
• Produce highly formatted PDF reports, including invoices, grouped reports, and pivot tables
• Design and implement a comprehensive security module

If you are looking for a concise and concrete Oracle APEX book written for beginners, then I must say that this is the book that will return more than what you pay for it.

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這是我關於Oracle Application Express (APEX)的第七本書，針對最新的18.1版本撰寫。就像我之前的書籍一樣，這本書也針對完全初學者，希望透過自主學習和專業指導建立堅實的Oracle APEX基礎。

Oracle APEX是一個令人驚嘆的開發平台，您可以在其中建立強大的網絡應用程序。它不僅提供了一個環境，讓您可以快速開發以數據為中心的網絡應用程序，還允許最終用戶通過交互式報表、交互式網格、不同類型的圖表、地圖等工具與其數據進行交互。

探索一個技術最有說服力的方式是將其應用於現實世界的問題。本書採用了一種鼓舞人心的方法，幫助初學者實際評估Oracle APEX的幾乎每個功能。在本書中，您將開發一個應用程序，演示如何使用這些功能，以實際操作Oracle APEX的結構。本書採用的鼓舞人心的方法不僅暴露了技術，還吸引您並保持您的興趣，直到最後一個練習。

本書的目標是通過從頭開始逐步開發示例數據庫應用程序（提供了Oracle APEX），向您介紹構建網絡應用程序的藝術。該應用程序演示了如何顯示摘要信息，使用報表和表單查看、更新和添加信息，包括圖表和地圖以可視化信息，以及創建專用的移動頁面。之所以選擇此應用程序作為示例，是因為您可以從中學習大部分技術，以應用於您自己的未來工作。本書的主要目的是教您如何使用Oracle APEX實現自己的開發目標。本書的每一章都探討一個基本功能領域，並提供實現該功能的開發技術。當您完成本書中的示例時，您將對Oracle APEX有清晰的理解，並能夠在幾乎任何方向上擴展應用程序。

以下是本書涵蓋的一些Oracle APEX主要主題的簡短列表：
- 快速為桌面、筆記本電腦、平板電腦和最新的智能手機開發網絡應用程序
- 在不寫大量代碼的情況下聲明性地創建全面的應用程序
- 使用頁面設計器設計應用程序頁面
- 使用向導創建應用程序
- 通過手動添加組件創建自定義應用程序頁面
- 使用相同的界面和代碼為各種設備開發應用程序
- 使用各種引人注目的圖表呈現數據
- 生成高度格式化的PDF報表，包括發票、分組報表和樞紐表
- 設計和實施全面的安全模塊

如果您正在尋找一本簡潔而具體的Oracle APEX書籍，針對初學者撰寫，那麼我必須說這本書將給您帶來超出您付出的回報。

特別優惠：對於那些對SQL不熟悉或想加強SQL知識的人，我將提供我的電子書《SQL - 初學者的最短路線》與本書一起免費提供。

Riaz Ahmed is an IT professional with more than 25 years of experience. He started his career in early 1990's as a programmer and has been employed in a wide variety of information technology positions, including analyst programmer, system analyst, project manager, data architect, database designer and senior database administrator. Currently he is working as the head of IT for a group of companies. His core areas of interest include web-based development technologies, business intelligence, and databases. Riaz possesses extensive experience in database design and development. Besides all versions of Oracle, he has worked intensively in almost all the major RDBMSs on the market today. During his career he designed and implemented numerous databases for a wide range of applications, including ERP.

Riaz Ahmed是一位擁有超過25年經驗的IT專業人士。他在1990年代初開始他的職業生涯，從程式設計師開始，並在各種資訊科技職位上工作，包括分析程式師、系統分析師、專案經理、資料架構師、資料庫設計師和高級資料庫管理員。目前，他擔任一家公司集團的IT主管。他的主要興趣領域包括基於網路的開發技術、商業智能和資料庫。Riaz在資料庫設計和開發方面擁有豐富的經驗。除了Oracle的所有版本外，他還在當今市場上的幾乎所有主要關聯式資料庫管理系統上進行了深入的工作。在他的職業生涯中，他為各種應用程序（包括ERP）設計和實施了許多資料庫。