APEX: The fast prototyping tool you already own
May 03, 2018
APEX: The fast prototyping tool you already own
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Application Express
Oracle Application Express is being used in our Asia Pacific region where the ERP system has a gap in functionality. It solves the problem of creating labels for shipping our products to our customers and suppliers. We were able to prototype the application created with this tool in a month and go live within two months after testing.
- We were able to create a web based label application and it was quite robust.
- Very easy to create proto-types that can be developed quickly and thrown away if not satisfying the needs
- Developers do not require a long learning curve to pick up the fundamentals.
- Must have Oracle Data Base to use this product. Only works with ORACLE products.
- Could use version control. Developers must communicate in order to preserve each others work.
- Not all Web hosting companies support APEX. This would be a nice to have.
- Positive ROI in that we own the tool as a consequence of using the Oracle RDBMS.
- Positive ROI in that it is a quick development tool. No costly development hours.
- Negative in that we cannot use it across all hosting platforms. It could be used more if this were possible so we limit the number of things that can be done.
Obviously Oracle Application Express cannot replace WebLogic in terms of creating domains but it is not designed to do that. We can use this tool to prototype and later develop a product using the Oracle WebLogic platform. We selected Oracle Application Express due to the ease of learning, and not having to buy licenses to use it.