APEX, Life, and what I think about it all
Last week, a coworker on the SQLDeveloper team linked via his Twitter account to a blog post he'd written in 2013 about using SQL Developer to generate table APIs. I mentioned that this seemed very similar to functionality in APEX, which he wasn't … [Continue reading]
I'm very pleased to announce that I've released the new version of WriteTrack. The underlying concept hasn't changed, but the engine has been updated to APEX 5.0, the theme is a variant of the Universal Theme, and I've implemented several … [Continue reading]
The Universal Theme, which was introduced in APEX 5.0, has some really nice features. One of the coolest is that it's responsive--no matter what size window you're using, the pages should look decent and be fully functional. (Side note: back when I … [Continue reading]
I don't post about it very often, but my wife is a self-published author. She focuses mainly on "speculative fiction"--fantasy mixed with sci-fi (in varying quantities). Here's a list of her published works. Full disclaimer: she has expressly … [Continue reading]
This week, we return to the Hidden Gems series. This gem isn't very hidden--you're likely to have seen it a lot already--but it's easy to overlook the power that it provides. I'm talking about the lowly developer toolbar. The toolbar in APEX 4.x … [Continue reading]
I'm going to take a short break from the Hidden Gems series (more gems coming, I promise!) to talk about the process of converting applications to the new Universal Theme (I'll call it UT for convenience) in APEX 5.0, because there are several items … [Continue reading]
As promised, I'm starting a series of posts on what I feel are "hidden gems" of APEX 5.0. Since it's still in Early Adopter (you can try it here now!), there is the chance that these features may not exist in the final release, or they may not … [Continue reading]
It's been quite a while since I posted here. While there are many reasons, the biggest is that most of my time at work has been working on updating the APEX packaged applications to the new 5.0 look-and-feel--which means that I've been working in … [Continue reading]