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Application development for Oracle Database involves a wide range of programming technologies. The 2 Day + books walk through the process of creating a basic application in various programming languages. The supporting documentation covers the languages, programming interfaces, and development tools in detail.
The 2 Day Developer's Guide introduces basic technologies and concepts used in Oracle application development. Each 2 Day + Developer's Guide describes using a different development platform or language to implement the same sample application: a Web-based application for viewing and modifying employee data for an imaginary company named "AnyCo Corp".
The following documents treat advanced topics related to application development. The 2 Day + books refer you to these documents when needed.
SQL and PL/SQL are fundamental to all Oracle application development. SQL is the language used to query and modify Oracle databases. PL/SQL is used to create and call triggers, stored procedures and functions, and PL/SQL packages. Other programming technologies depend upon SQL and PL/SQL to interact with the Oracle Database server.
These guides provide advanced conceptual and architectural information applicable to all development environments and languages with which you can develop Oracle applications.
SQL*Plus is a command-line client used for running SQL statements and compiling PL/SQL code. SQL Developer provides all the same capabilities as SQL*Plus, as well as an easy-to-use, powerful drag-and-drop GUI for managing database objects and creating and viewing reports. Oracle also provides extensions for Microsoft's Visual Studio development environment to support developing applications on .NET platforms.
Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a rapid Web application development tool for Oracle Database. With only a Web browser, users with limited programming experience can develop scalable, secure, and efficient Web applications. Deployment requires only an Oracle Database running APEX.
The Java programming language is used for database code that runs inside the database, on a middle tier, or on a client system. Reference documentation for database components that have Java APIs is presented in Javadoc format.
Application development concepts and tasks for languages and technologies specific to Windows platforms: the .NET languages, COM, ActiveX and OLE, and Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator.
You can store XML content in the database, and write applications to process it and use it as a data interchange format.
You can store data from different character sets and code pages, and manipulate and present that data as appropriate for each locale.
The Oracle Call Interface is for low-level, efficient coding in C or C++.
The precompilers are used for traditional client-server applications in various languages.