What is APEX:

Oracle Application Express (Oracle APEX), formerly called HTML DB, is a rapid web application development tool for the Oracle database. Using only a web browser and limited programming experience, you can develop and deploy professional applications that are both fast and secure. Oracle application express combines the qualities of a personal database, productivity, ease of use, and flexibility with the qualities of an enterprise database, security, integrity, scalability, availability and built for the web. Application Express is a tool to build web-based applications and the application development environment is also conveniently web-based.

What kind of applications can I build using APEX?

Application Express is a productive tool to build applications that report on database data. Reports are typically hyper text linked with other reports allowing users to navigate through database data in the same way they navigate web sites. Columns in reports can be easily linked to other reports, charts, and data entry forms and it is all done declaratively. An extensive charting engine allows SQL queries to be represented graphically and that allows data to be more effectively communicated. Application Express is also very adept at editing database data and supports a large number of declarative form controls including radio groups, checkboxes, select lists, shuttles, text editors, and date pickers.

Due to its ease of use, Application Express is designed to build opportunistic and departmental applications quickly. These application are deployed on the web with superior performance. Historically, departments, prototypes, and small projects have relied on desktop databases to provide an agile development tool for these smaller scale SMB or departmental application development needs. Desktop databases can become very fragmented because they keep data in too many places, they can be vulnerable or inappropriate for use with sensitive information, and they are typically not web friendly. The browser based design time interface, the declarative programming framework, and simple wizards make Application Express a natural replacement for multi-user desktop databases applications such as Microsoft Access.

SQL Savvy application developers also appreciate the ease with which you can create database applications with little or no web experience. You don't need to learn scripting languages or complex deployment frameworks, you simply write a few queries and choose from ready built user interface themes and form controls to create highly professional, secure, and scalable applications.

Benefits of Oracle APEX

• Oracle APEX is free and when used with Oracle XE database the entire software technology stack becomes free for you
• Extremely simple architecture of Oracle Application Express ensures that rather than focusing on the the technology itself, you focus on what the tool can do to meet your requirements.
• As APEX is wizard and attributes driven a basic fully functional application can be developed and deployed within minutes - literally
• APEX is the fastest way to develop small to medium large applications. Powered by Oracle database, it is an ideal tool which can greatly enhance the efficiency and productivity of an organization.
• APEX is a great tool for centralizing the data in spreadsheets and desktop databases.
• Using APEX applications can be deployed on a desktop to start with and can be scaled up very easily to support thousands of users across the different geographies
• Apart from forms for capturing data APEX includes features like interactive reporting, charts (SVG, HTML, Flash), interaction with web services, PDF reporting etc.
• Oracle Application Express - It is easy to develop, easy to deploy and easy to maintain.

Services we offer on Oracle APEX

DBIS™is one of the very few APEX consulting companies in New Zealand region. We offer following APEX services :

• Onsite training on Oracle Application Express
• Consulting & Application Development on Oracle APEX
• APEX installation, administration, upgrade, performance tuning, troubleshooting, making modifications, managing test & production systems, securing application, managing users and any other requirement that you may have.
• Configure, administer, manage & maintain Oracle APEX infrastructure on Amazon AWS cloud