Until now, though, this book has
focused on Oracle as a database??”a place to store, retrieve, and manipulate data. As
such, your Oracle database is an integral part of your overall infrastructure.
This chapter goes beyond this core functionality to explore features of Oracle beyond
its data-centric core. This chapter focuses on three main areas:
??? Application Express, a browser-based declarative development tool. Application
Express, commonly referred to as ApEx, is a free add-on to an Oracle database
that you can use to create applications.
??? Fusion Middleware, which encompasses the functionality of Oracle Application
Server and more.
??? Oracle SOA Suite, which provides the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), a
group of features and offerings that allow your Oracle database to deliver specific
functionality in an easy-to-integrate form.
Application Express
In Chapter 1, we provided a basic overview of various development tools that could
be used with the Oracle database and stated that we would not delve further into the
development area.
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