After UKOUG'08

This week I was on UKOUG'08 conference. I really have enjoyed high quality of its content and I have learned new technical things about JDeveloper/ADF 11g and ADF Business Components performance tuning.


Myself, I did two sessions. First one was - Oracle Maps and JDeveloper 11g - Perfect Combination. It was Masterclass type demo on the fly, I have developed working application in front of auditory. And, there was no errors or exceptions, I really enjoy such kind of sessions. I believe I can better share knowledge with live demo, comparing to dead slides. And most important, auditory likes such kind of sessions.

Second session was - ADF Task Flow - Based On Practical JDeveloper 11g Experience. For this session I was using already prepared sample application and have described how it was build. Again, there was no errors or exceptions on runtime. I was focusing on ADF Task Flow functionality we are using in my project, I didn't wanted to explain all ADF Task Flow features. I have covered following items:

1. Method Call
2. Router
3. Transaction Management
4. Error Handling
5. ADF Library
6. ADF Query
7. ADF Security

Spanish Summary:

Titulo: Después del evento del Grupo de Usuarios del Reino Unido

Resumen: Andrejus describe su participación en el último UKOUG, el cual es un evento realizado por el grupo de usuarios de Inglaterra.

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Oracle Day'08 in Vilnius

During this week, on October 30th, Thursday, there will be Oracle Day'08 event in Vilnius. Its a traditional Oracle event in my country, mostly for a local Oracle market. Information about how to register and attend, you can find on the official Web page.

Event schedule is mostly in Lithuanian language, however by number of speakers and sessions you can see how strong Oracle technology is in Lithuania.

Myself, I will deliver 1 hour session Oracle Maps in JDeveloper 11g - Perfect Combination. This session will be based on material I have presented during Oracle Develop at Oracle OpenWorld'08 in San Francisco.

See you there !

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After BGOUG Autumn' 2008 Conference

Going back home after my session on BGOUG'08 in Bulgaria, Bansko. As usual, delays in airport.

In Bulgaria, I have explained how developers can use ADF Search component and refresh results table together with graph component at the same time. Additionally, I have described how to use ADF Security with wizards and authorize user based on his role.

Here is a sample screen of application I have developed on the fly:


Tomorrow going to Riga for JDeveloper/ADF 11g Masterclass workshop, really busy time... :-)

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Vgo Webinar - Client/Server Forms Modernizations to ADF 11g

My colleague - Rob Nocera, will deliver a Web session about Client/Server Forms modernization to ADF 11g on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 11:00 AM ET. You can register and check event agenda on this page.

This event will be interesting for all Oracle Forms customers, who are investigating their current software infrastructure modernization ways. Rob will talk not only about ADF 11g technical aspects, he also will describe what parts of Oracle Forms functionality can be mapped to ADF and what parts can't.

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JDeveloper/ADF 11g Masterclass in Latvia

If you are Oracle Developer, and live in Latvia, you can register to attend Oracle Forms: The Road to SOA workshop in Riga city on October 28th.

Workshop will be based on two parts, during the first part - Grant Ronald (Group Product Manager in Oracle) will deliver one session about Oracle Forms strategy and second about JDeveloper/ADF. On the second part of this workshop, you will dive into detail technical information, it will be JDeveloper/ADF 11g Masterclass delivered by me. Masterclass will be done in similar way, as it was done in Vilnius - JDeveloper 11g Masterclass in Vilnius - After Event. However, described techniques and material will be different and updated. I will show how developers can work with:

• ADF Business Components new features in 11g
• ADF Templates
• ADF Task Flows
• Regions and Page Fragments
• ADF Faces Rich Client
• ADF Data Visualization Components (including Oracle Geographic Maps)
• ADF Security

I will be happy to share and discuss my experience in Oracle Forms modernization I'm doing with JDeveloper/ADF 11g and Oracle Fusion Middleware.

See you there !

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Second Session on UKOUG 2008 Conference

I already was accepted for UKOUG 2008 Conference with my paper - ADF Task Flow - Based On Practical JDeveloper 11g Experience.

However, during last week in San Francisco (Oracle OpenWorld), I got a phone call from UKOUG office and was invited to deliver second presentation on UKOUG 2008. They have asked to present similar session as I was doing on OpenWorld, Oracle Develop track - My Session at Oracle Open World 2008 (Oracle Develop). It is about Oracle Maps integration with ADF in JDeveloper 11g.

See you during UKOUG 2008, it will be really fun !

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ADF Methodology For The Masses on OOW'08

Good news for all JDeveloper/ADF developers - ADF development methodology is in the process, Oracle community is defining it and it'll be available soon. You can track our progress on Oracle Wiki page - ADF Methodology. I believe this methodology will help a lot in daily life, since it will be good reference with descriptions how things should be done in JDeveloper/ADF.

I know its always fun to develop prototypes, but when you in real project, usually you need to have some standard about how to structure application packages, how to define names for components in Model and ViewController layers, and how to find meaningful names for navigation links in application Task Flow. Other important area - reusability. Developers always should reuse code, however how its to do better in ADF, will be described in ADF Methodology. Everyone is free to suggest topics for ADF Methodology, just visit our page on Oracle Wiki.

If you will be on OOW'08, you can register here and attend workshop dedicated to ADF Methodology. Also, you can see how work is progressing on Google Groups - here.

I hope ADF Methodology For The Masses will be same cool as songs from Depeche Mode album - Music For The Masses :-)

See you there in San Francisco !

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My Session at Oracle Open World 2008 (Oracle Develop)

I was posting some time ago, Oracle selected my abstract to be presented on OOW'08 in San Francisco - Oracle Open World 2008 - Abstract Accepted.

Here is my session details:

Session ID: S300476
Session Title: Oracle Maps in Oracle JDeveloper 11g: A Perfect Combination
Track: Oracle Develop: Java
Date/Time: Monday 09/22/2008 13:00 - 14:00
Venue/Room: Marriott Salon 03

Here is the sample screen of application I will explain during my session:


See you there, in San Francisco !

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UKOUG 2008 Conference

I was informed this week, my paper - ADF Task Flow - Based On Practical JDeveloper 11g Experience is selected for UKOUG 2008 Conference (1st - 5th December 2008, ICC, Birmingham).

Really good news for me and I was happy to hear because this year it was high competition for abstract selection, read Grant Ronald blog post - UKOUG Paper selection bun fight.

During my session I will talk and will demonstrate how we are using ADF Task Flow features in our projects. You should expect deep technical level presentation, see you there in December ;-)

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BGOUG Autumn' 2008 Conference

I was in Bulgaria last year Sofia - Beautiful City and this year I'm going again. I'm invited to deliver presentation on BGOUG (Bulgarian Oracle User Group) Conference during October 24th - 26th in Bansko.

My session title - Business Rules Implementation with JDeveloper/ADF 11g. Main problem that will be addressed in this session is about how to map business rules implemented in Oracle Forms to Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern. I will give clear understanding about common business rules in Oracle Forms world and how to develop those rules in J2EE world with ADF Business Components in Model layer, ADF Task Flow in Controller layer and ADF Faces Rich Client in View layer.

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ODTUG 2008 Gallery from Frans Thamura

It was great time on ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008 in New Orleans this year. Frans Thamura, Oracle ACE Director and friend from Indonesia, have posted on his blog pics from this event - ODTUG 2008 Gallery. Enjoy ! :)

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Oracle Open World 2008 - Abstract Accepted

I have very exciting news - my abstract for Oracle Open World 2008 session is accepted by Oracle and I will represent Vgo Software on this event. I will be presenting on the following topic - "Oracle Maps in JDeveloper 11g - Perfect Combination".

Actually, it was extremely good news for me, since there was only 5 (2.5 for Database and 2.5 for FMW) free slots available for Oracle ACE Directors submitted abstracts. So, I'm really happy, to take 1 slot from 2.5 available :-)

You can read about Oracle Maps combination with JDeveloper in my previous blog posts. I will provide detailed information about my presentation more close to the event.

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JDeveloper 11g Masterclass in Vilnius - After Event

Today I was participating in workshop - Oracle Forms: The Road To SOA, this event is described in my previous blog post. I have done JDeveloper 11g Masterclass session during this event, it was 2 hours session and was based on functionality described here. Event was successful with about 50 people auditory.

During my session I have developed 2 applications. You can download those applications I have developed on the fly and run with JDeveloper 11g Technology Preview 3 - Forms2SOA.zip and FormsToSOAComposite.zip. First application is main application based on standard HR schema from Oracle XE database. Second application implements ESB flow to write into file and is exposed through Web Service.

Here is Model part structure I have developed:


ViewController part structure is a little bit more complex:


I have designed Page Template with Panel Splitter component. You can see in Job Tab LOV component, in the second part of Panel Splitter is created Region with Employees table implemented as Fragment:


When value from LOV component is selected, table is automatically updated with Employees with selected job.

In the second tab - Job Edit, we can edit job selected from LOV component. This functionality is implemented in Fragment as well and comes to main page as Region:


However, this second Region is more complex, it provides a choice to display Graph component as well:


Fragment with Graph is displayed based on conditional logic, if Show Graph check-box is selected - Graph is shown:


Developed SOA composite is based on 3 parts - Exposed Web Service, Mediator and File Adaptor:


Exposed Web Service is invoked from application developed with Oracle ADF. File Adapter writes data received through Web Service to a file in File System.

Before you will invoke developed SOA Composite in your environment, you need to change WSDL location in DataControls.dcx file, available in Forms2SOA application:

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JDeveloper 11g Masterclass in Vilnius

I'm posting update to my previous post - Oracle Forms to SOA workshop in Vilnius, where I was describing masterclass session I will do on April 14.

Grant Ronald (Group Product Manager in Oracle) have provided more information about event - Oracle Forms Modernization Event in Lithuania (with JDeveloper 11g Masterclass).

Everyone can register on OTN - Oracle Forms: The Road to SOA.

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Oracle Forms to SOA workshop in Vilnius

I'm happy to announce that I will participate together with Grant Ronald (Oracle Group Product Manager) in Oracle Forms to SOA workshop in Vilnius, on April 14th. This workshop is a part of events Oracle doing across EMEA - Oracle Forms Modernization Events and will be done for local Oracle Forms community.

Grant will deliver two presentations:

1. Oracle Forms: From Client/ Server to SOA. Integrating Oracle Forms and Services

2. Building Services with JDeveloper and Oracle ADF

My presentation is scheduled for 2 hours and will have only some 3 slides :-) Yes, main focus will be to show how it works. I will develop sample application and will describe those steps:

Model:

1. ADF BC generation with wizards
2. LOVs
3. Calculated attributes
4. Validation (4 Compare rules, 1 complex Expression rule and 2 Collection rules)

View Controller:

1. Templates in JDeveloper 11g
2. Page fragments and Regions
3. ADF Task flows
4. ADF Faces Rich Client

SOA:

1. ESB flow to write into File
2. Developed service invocation from ADF application

See you there ;-)

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Oracle Fusion Middleware Workshop in Vilnius

Today I was on Oracle FMW (Fusion Middleware) Workshop in Vilnius, actually it was a workshop based on my material available in Oracle Fusion User Group (OFUG). There were 22 people auditory, at the beginning I have presented information about Oracle ACE Directors, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle JDeveloper with ADF, and Technical Resources needed to start to work with Oracle JDeveloper and ADF. Presentation took for me about 1 hour, after it people started to solve labs. There were six labs, all of them are available in OFUG for free to download. During labs solving, there were quite many questions about ADF, I was glad to provide answers. At the end I realized, that while answering questions, I got even new knowledge for me. Thanks for great auditory!

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