Before You Begin with Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service

Developing applications for Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service is done with Oracle Application Express or with IDEs that support standard database client drivers. Before building applications, you may want to familiarize yourself with the following procedures:

• Connecting applications, clients and drivers to your service. See About Database Clients and Versions.

• Working with JSON and other data using Oracle Document Store (SODA). See About Using the Oracle Database as a Document Store through SODA.

• Designing and populating the database. See Develop on the Database.

• Creating custom applications. See Manage Oracle Application Express Database Applications.

• Installing packaged applications. See Manage Oracle Application Express Packaged Apps and Sample Code.

• Creating RESTful Services. See Implement RESTful Web Services with Oracle SQL Developer.

• Managing application users. See Manage Oracle Application Express Users.

To learn more, see Rapidly Developing Web Applications using Application Express.