[...]... concept application using the normal ADF components: ADF Business Components for the middle tier and ADF Faces and ADF Task Flows for the user interface The application will access data stored in relational tables and use both the standard ADF components and an ADF Data Visualization component (a Gantt chart) This chapter contains step-by-step instructions and can be used as a hands-on exercise in basic ADF. .. building an enterprise ADF application – from the initial idea through proof of concept, tool choice, preparation, coding support classes, building the application, testing it, customizing it, securing it, and finally deploying it What is an enterprise application? Enterprise applications are the strategic applications in the enterprise They will handle critical business functions and tend to be big and complex... functional and have re-built the proof of concept application using correct enterprise methodology [4] Preface All applications need to be tested – but enterprise applications need testing much more than smaller applications for two reasons: • The size and complexity of an enterprise application means that there are more interfaces where things can go wrong • The long expected life of an enterprise application. .. one master page and use functional customization to provide different groups of users with different versions of the page The ability to easily customize application functionality is one of the truly outstanding features of the Oracle ADF framework Here, you benefit from the fact that Oracle has developed ADF for real-life, large enterprise applications like Oracle Fusion Applications And, if you are... the application, but today, enterprise applications are also required to be userfriendly and intuitive As they are deployed throughout the organization, they will need sophisticated security features And because of the cost of developing and implementing enterprise applications, they will remain in use for a long time Preface Application size An enterprise application is big – containing lots and. .. interface (task flows and pages) and data access (Entity Objects) using ADF security features, and how ADF security ties in with WebLogic security features Once the individual parts of the application have been built and tested, it is time to build a complete deployment package Chapter 11, Package and Deliver, describes how an enterprise application deployment package is built, and how the development team... uses and recommends Apache Ant Who this book is for This book is for developers in general - both web developers and developers experienced with classic 4GL tools such as Oracle Forms - who wish to learn how to develop modern, user-friendly web applications in an Oracle environment It is for novice ADF developers who wish to learn how to use JDeveloper and ADF, as well as for more experienced ADF developers... enterprise application, you need a tool to ensure that you can build your project in a consistent manner This book uses Ant as an example of a scripting tool for ADF projects Lifetime of an enterprise application Because of the effort and cost involved in building enterprise applications, they are not casually thrown away and re-built Indeed, many organizations are still running enterprise applications. .. localized application Testing the localized business components Testing the localized user interface Localizing formats More internationalization Summary [ xi ] 344 346 349 351 352 352 353 354 354 355 Preface Welcome to your first real-life enterprise ADF application! The book you are holding in your hands is about building serious applications with Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) You... themselves and with external systems Typically, this means that an enterprise application also has a lot of different screens where the user will interact with the system However, it is also possible that the complexity of the enterprise application is hidden from the user; a good enterprise application might seem deceptively simple to the average user Development team The complexity of an enterprise application . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Oracle ADF Enterprise Application Development Made Simple Successfully plan, develop, test, and deploy enterprise applications with Oracle ADF Sten E. Vesterli PUBLISHING professional. an Oracle, Java, and SOA specialist based in the Netherlands. His focus is on Oracle ADF, JHeadstart, SOA, and Enterprise Java development, application lifecycle management, architecture, and. Guide to Web Development with Oracle ADF and Oracle JDeveloper 11g Handbook: A Guide to Fusion Web Development. Frank Nimphius is a senior principal product manager in the Application Development