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What is Oracle APEX?
Oracle APEX (or Oracle Application Express) is an online low-code application builder that allows users to develop a database-drive application, customize the application's UI, and then give their users access to the application via URL. Oracle APEX includes a suite…
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What is Oracle APEX?
Oracle APEX (or Oracle Application Express) is an online low-code application builder that allows users to develop a database-drive application, customize the application's UI, and then give their users access to the application via URL. Oracle APEX includes a suite of pre-built productivity applications and examples, such as a Survey Builder, Bug Tracking, P-Track project management, etc
Oracle APEX Competitors
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft
- Salesforce
Oracle APEX Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Oracle APEX (or Oracle Application Express) is an online low-code application builder that allows users to develop a database-drive application, customize the application's UI, and then give their users access to the application via URL. Oracle APEX includes a suite of pre-built productivity applications and examples, such as a Survey Builder, Bug Tracking, P-Track project management, etc
PostgreSQL are common alternatives for Oracle APEX.
Reviewers rate Visual Modeling and Reusability highest, with a score of 9.6.
The most common users of Oracle APEX are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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January 05, 2024
Best Low Code Application Development Platform
- Reporting
- Dashboards
- Various Data forms
- Quick applications
- Consuming REST Data Services
- Workflows - flexible one, with option to approvals by emails
- In-built connector for Microsoft Outlook 365 Cloud and world's most used emailing / Active Directory applications
September 18, 2021
Business Intelligence in Oracle APEX
Score 10 out of 10
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- Easily create web application
- Rich , ready to use web interface components
- Easy deploy and maintain application
- Simple and powerful security configuration out of the box
- Some of the configuration options are a bit hidden, probably a bit better organization of workspace and application settings would benefit development process
- Fast. Nothing beats Oracle Application Express in terms of speed of development. Almost all common and must-have features for most application has been built into Oracle Application Express, and we only need to focus to the specific requirements.
- Quality. Luckily, fast doesn't always translate to low quality. Even using basic wizard, within five minutes, we can build a quality application that has good security, a good user interface and good features, and this can be a very good standard for a company. It's not the best, but it's easy to tweak to achieve higher than standard quality.
- Customization. The apps created are very customizable. You only need to understand Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, Javascript, and JQuery. Then, you can create nearly any application you have in mind.
- Prototyping. When we are working for a client, sometimes it's hard to be on the same page when at first we only talk about the application concept. Using Oracle Application Express helps to create a prototype application and adjust it according to the client's input within minutes. This greatly helps bringing IT and non-IT clients on the same page faster.
- It's tied up to Oracle Database only. If you don't have Oracle Database, forget Oracle Application Express.
- I wish it has offline mode so it could be used in no-internet areas and sync it when it's back online.
- It's not critical, but it would be nice if there were more choices of themes. I know Oracle Application Express has couple of themes, but in my opinion, currently only Universal Theme is the theme for Oracle Application Express.
- Easy to use.
- Easy to configure.
- Easy for building reports.
- Easy for building forms.
November 13, 2019
Quick development and deployment for simple apps!
- The UI is very easy to use, and you can choose from a number of templates for each "screen" you design.
- You can design basic CRUD screens without knowing the "details" (technology) under the hood.
- It's easy to test. Just one click, and the page you are working on is executed.
- Deployment on an OnPremise DB is not so simple. You need to follow many steps (that's why I used the Cloud version!).
October 23, 2019
Awesome APEX
- Very rapid development of forms and reports.
- Awesome GUI look and feel.
- HTML 5 and CSS 3 compliant. The new version 19.2 now supports rest endpoints for forms and reports.
- Integration with other databases like My SQL, etc.
October 14, 2019
Fast, cheap, and easy application development
- Easy set-up.
- Plugins.
- Lot of configurable options.
- Hard to use version control.
August 30, 2019
Snap! The future is here
- Manages security well
- Provides a responsive environment to build apps in
- Easy connection to database services
- Manages sessions very well
- Javascript functionality
- Mobile app development- more versatility required especially with the display of reports
- More documentation that is easy to understand
- More sample apps on configuration of services and authentication schemes
- Make it easy to customize templates
- More themes required
August 15, 2019
Oracle APEX, build with love
- Easy to learn and to understand.
- Low code. You can create really fast reports with just " SELECT * FROM TABLE".
- People can work on reports simultaneously.
- In Excel, you have to send the file via mail to other people and only one person can work it. Sometimes there are more than one version of this file. With Oracle, this does not happen.
- Sorry but there are still no cons!
August 08, 2019
Exhilarating Trip to the Apex World
- Creating screens for capturing the data takes less time.
- Moving only few changes from 1 instance to another.
August 07, 2019
Be a Rock Star Developer with Oracle RAD Stack
- Oracle Application Express is tightly integrated with and thus leverages all the richness and power of the Oracle database - best RDBMS on the planet
- Promotes declarative Rapid Application Development and thus provides tremendous business value by shortening development cycles
- Can't think of any - the Application Express development team does a fantastic job adopting and supporting emerging trends with each new release.
- Requires Oracle RDBMS; i.e., is not portable to other RDBMS platforms. On the surface this may seem like a con but it is as it should be - Oracle database is best RDBMS available and tight integration with Oracle RDBMS promotes creation of reliable performant apps.
August 07, 2019
Oracle APEX or Oracle Climax?
- Extreme fast application build and production.
- Single sign-on via multiple authentication sources.
- Easy to maintain.
- Easy to administer users.
- Easy to administer authorizations.
- Debugging on several layers.
- Virtually everything is customizable.
- Better CSS editing (WYSIWYG).
- integrated URL masking or better integration via ORDS to make URL masking.
- out-of-the-box ORDS load-balancing.
- APEX is incorporated in the database, which gives it better performance then other tools.
- Fast in implementing changes.
- Out-of-the-box responsive applications thanks to the universal theme.
- When you have an highly customized application upgrading can be a pain.
- Single page applications are hard to build.
- Easy upgrade path from Forms, allowing reuse of code and a low learning curve for Forms developers.
- Very quick to develop in. Ideal for prototyping or iterative development which is how we usually work.
- Comes with cross browser and mobile compatibility out of the box.
- Easy to incorporate other web technologies.
- Development environment runs straight from a browser. This has proved to be a life saver when issues crop up on a weekend.
- No built in printing solution for reports.
- While being low code for many tasks, some web development skill is helpful for anything complex. I frequently need to use Javascript/CSS/HTML.
- Ideal for quick prototyping
- Ideal for quick amendments and enlargements
- Numerous types of pages/regions (forms, lists, reports, diagrams)
- Oracle JET integration
- REST
- Optional Jasper Reports integration (not OOTB)
- Printing in good shape not so easy.
- Diagrams, charts need more detailed explanation concerning the SQL queries needed (examples).
- No more cons.
July 19, 2019
Very satisfied with APEX
- Charts
- Loading Excel files
- Interactive reports and interactive grid
- Automate email sending
- Improve LOV features so that it could be more flexible
July 18, 2019
Honest, enthusiastic and right on the point!
- Rapid prototyping enables us to develop very fast.
- Low code allows us to create applications in a declarative way without too much code written.
- It's free!
- You need to find ways to fulfill special customer requests that are not built in and a little bit more complex.
- You need to have a running Oracle Database (possibly licensed if not XE).
July 18, 2019
With low code high productivity
- Low code.
- Runs on all devices.
- Good charting and representation of data.
- I can prepare some nice chart in seconds instead of using reports.
- Trend and performance is visible in a scale from employees to organization.
- Great productivity.
- The interactive grid has great potential, but there's a lot of work to be done.
- The interactive reports and interactive grid should share the same jet charts.
- Easier integration of JET into APEX.
- Tree grid.
- The interactive grid would have easier navigation using the same principles as in interactive reports (filtering) when you navigate from page to page.
- It would benefit from the possibility to print nice charts from IR or IG.
- Needs a better choice of tool-tips.
July 09, 2019
Oracle Apex - You need to try it
- Develop solutions faster
- Everything can be done in a browser
- Immediate Results
- Version control
- Oracle Dependency
- Fast development due to the low code approach.
- Responsive out of the box due to the built-in Universal Theme.
- Cloud enabled by design. You can build applications only using a web browser.
- Scalable: if it runs inside the Oracle database, it uses the full power of that database.
- Free: it is a no-cost option for the Oracle database.
- It runs everywhere where Oracle runs, from a small (free) XE database on your laptop, to an Exadata machine.
- The only languages you need to know are SQL and PL/SQL. Some JavaScript and CSS knowledge might be handy but not strictly necessary.
- Version control. As all metadata is stored in the database, there are no files to store in a GIT or Subversion repository (unless you export from the database).
- Lock in: you are locked in into the Oracle database, and that's why it is mostly used in an environment where that database is already present.
- Oracle is not "popular" at the moment, so the average developer is somewhat older than the regular (JavaScript) developer.
February 11, 2019
Oracle Express
- Eliminates the complexity involved with multi-faceted web applications.
- Oracle Express supports enhanced productivity in low code apps.
- It requires no complex build scripts to operate.
- The software supports effortless customization and design.
- Lack of a native app.
- Installation time can be improved, it takes a while to download.
January 28, 2019
Using Oracle APEX is the way to go
Score 9 out of 10
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- Development is done quickly. Any change to the application can be seen immediately. No generation time needed.
- Compared to Oracle Forms/Designer this saves a lot of time.
- The use of CSS and javascript to beautify the layout is easy.
- There is a large community where you can ask questions or read about how other developerS solved certain issues.
- Also the Oracle APEX team itself can be reached quite easily.
- They listen carefully to the suggestions of their users.
- As you have a lot of freedom where to put your code or how you code it, it is important to think well about standarisation.
- Version control must be done in a separate tool like Subversion.
November 06, 2018
Oracle - Recommended for Professionals Like You
- Organization - it helps streamline employee information.
- User-friendly - very simple to use once you are trained on it.
- Timely - system works quickly and efficiently.
- Reporting - you have to use a certain code to run reports, and the reports will fail if you don't use the proper coding when requesting them.
- System crashes - our server goes down once or twice a week.
- Searching for employees - we can only search by last name, and sometimes it does not recognize the name the first time you enter it.
November 06, 2018
Oracle APEX: off the shelf extensibility
- Lightweight
- Flexible in it capabilities and uses.
- Quick to learn with any Oracle or database background.
- Easy to develop in.
- Some specific utilities are not well documented.
- Plugins could be expanded.
November 06, 2018
Oracle APEX: A quick tool for building responsive Web pages
- Oracle APEX can be used as good replacement for Excel data entry sheets.
- It provides high level of security about their personal information.
- It is very easy to install.
- As it is Oracle-specific, it is not suitable for other databases.
- Everything is stored online, if there is no internet we can't access the tool.