Oracle Application Express is an easy to use application development environment built on Oracle technology stack. There are two aspects of the previous sentence that you might find jarring? That Oracle, a company widely known for database technology, has an application development environment, and that Oracle, the company is considered as providing high-end, enterprise-ready technology, has anything that is easy to use. Oracle Application Express, commonly known as the Oracle APEX or APEX only, whether the benefits of enterprise-class resilience of the long-set that is the hallmark of Oracle technology. At the end of this book, you will know enough to make your own applications, as well as having knowledge and understanding of Oracle APEX and Oracle technology world to explore the further improvement of your own. This book is intended for certain groups of users? those who are not familiar with Oracle Application Express. This book covers the use of Oracle Application Express. However, because the book will use a hosted version of Oracle Application Express, and because both the Oracle database that supports the product and the product itself is available as a free download from http://otn.oracle.com, you should be able to use the latest version with ease. The book is organized to give readers a gradual introduction to the essentials of development with Oracle Application Express. This book contains: Welcome to the Oracle!? It contains an overview of Oracle Application Express, as well as instructions on how to manage a host development environment used to perform exercises in this book. Jumpstart Oracle Application Express? Ou Y will jump into creating applications with Oracle Application Express and complete a simple application at the end of this. Expand your Oracle APEX application? It will introduce you to the Oracle APEX option that lets you ensure that your users will enter data correctly when using your application. PL / SQL? It introduces PL / SQL, the basic language used to implement your application APEX, and shows how to use the power of PL / SQL to extend the logic in your application. Packaged Application? This gives the application package is available for Oracle Application Express, with a more detailed look at a select few. Migration? It describes how to migrate applications from Microsoft Access to Oracle Application Express.