Oracle Apex book review

Have been asked by Packt to review their new Oracle Apex book so will be doing that soon. Here's a direct link to the book and the sample chapter.

iPhone Application with Oracle Apex and iWebKit

Created the mobile version of Philadelphia Cricket League website for iPhone using Oracle Apex, JQuery and iWebKit. It's came out pretty neat, it's a work in progress but I had to post this in sheer excitement :). All this without actually using the Apple iPhone SDK.

http://mobile.philadelphiacricketleague.com

Like me if you don't have an iPhone/Touch, you can always view it in http://www.testiphone.com/

Corresponding thread in Oracle Apex Forum:
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=880797&tstart=0

Oracle Apex Showcase Site Updated

Inspired by the SmartGWT Showcase, I updated my Oracle Apex showcase. It has demos for Forms, Lists, Calendars and also a whole bunch of screens related to JQuery integration. It's still a work in progress, but has decent amount of stuff to showcase the power of Oracle Apex and it's possibilities.

Here's a direct link: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=40346

New Cricket Club Portal with Oracle Apex/JQuery

Check out the new cricket club portal developed with Oracle Apex/JQuery. It has host of features including automatic statistics generation, storefront integration with Google checkout among a few of the features. A club should be able to perform all their tasks, such as posting announcements, headlines, matches, match signups, team selection, online surveys, live chat among other things without any technical knowlege. Check it out, login with the sample user id's provided and let me know if you or someone is in need for a portal for your sports club, it's not just limited to Cricket, it can be expanded for all sports!!! More details at http://www.cricketclubportal.com

Here's the direct link: http://demo.cricketclubportal.com

Page Access Protection

I believe since version 3.1, the pages now have Page Access Protection. Use this feature to the fullest to protect the sensitive pages in your application. Without this malicious users can tamper with the URL and do harm. It's available under Page Attributes -> Security -> Page Access Protection. I recommend using "Arguments must have checksum". This will ensure that a checksum is appended to the URL that is specific to only that specific instance of the URL and cannot be manipulated.

In addition, you should also use another mechanism to secure the sensitive buttons, pl/sql processes in the page.

Accordion using JQuery

Created this demo site where I will be posting new things I try out. It now has a page to show how to get JQuery accordion running within Apex, it's so simple to setup and use. Hope you guys like it. JQuery is so cool, this weekend was dedicated to it. Why didn't I look into it earlier? :)

Updated: 2/2/09: Also added DatePicker (page level and application level)

My first screencast about the Cricket Club Portal

Check this screencast of the upcoming Cricket Club Portal that's under development. Wanted to create a sneak peak to garner the interest. It's developed using Oracle Apex. :)

Cricket Club Portal screencast

www.cricketclubportal.com