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Effortless App Development with Oracle Visual Builder
Effortless App Development with Oracle Visual Builder

Effortless App Development with Oracle Visual Builder: Boost productivity by building web and mobile applications efficiently using the drag-and-drop approach

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Effortless App Development with Oracle Visual Builder

Chapter 1: What, Why, and How (WWH) of Visual Builder

The first chapter of every book is one of the most important chapters as it mainly focuses on the introduction of the technology covered in the book. So, the first chapter of this book will help you to know more about Visual Builder (VB), why you need to use it, and how to use it.

At a high level, the VB is the cloud offering by Oracle that helps you to build engaging web and mobile applications by dragging and dropping the UI components. VB is a declarative approach for building cross-platform applications.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Introducing VB
  • Reviewing the features and benefits of VB
  • Knowing the tools required to use VB
  • Knowing the technologies used in VB
  • Understanding the VB architecture

After completing this chapter, you will be familiar with Visual Builder, its features, and the benefits of using VB. In this chapter, we have explained what tools are required to start the VB, and what technologies you should know or you should learn. Along with this, we have drawn out the VB architecture, which explains how different VB components work together in order to develop web or mobile applications.

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You don't require any software or hardware to follow this chapter.

Introducing VB

VB is an Oracle Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering that enables us to build web and mobile applications declaratively by dragging and dropping a wide variety of built-in User Interface (UI) components. VB helps you to build enterprise-grade applications that can be developed and deployed quickly and can be accessed from anywhere at any time. You don't need to install any additional software on the local machine to use VB. The complete development life cycle is managed by the browser interface. From development to testing to deployment, everything is managed by a single unified tool called Visual Builder.

VB allows developers to access the source code of visual development, which makes it easy to write custom code (HTML, JavaScript, JSON) to enhance the functionality of applications. You don't require any programming experience to develop applications using Visual Builder. The VB uses the open source Oracle technology called Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) for visual development. All the visual UI components belong to the JET family; however, you have the option to use HTML tags and/or the code editor when required.

VB provides a way to store and manage data into the embedded database and a mechanism to call any type of external REST API to interact with a wide variety of external applications. VB provides a declarative way to call any REST API without any coding. VB allows us to call REST-based integrations developed in the integration cloud seamlessly. A VB application interacts with an embedded database or external REST APIs to interact with data.

Having understood what VB really is, next we will have a look at its features and advantages.

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  • Execute various real-time use cases and develop web and mobile applications quickly
  • Enhance your skills by extending Oracle and non-Oracle SaaS applications using VB
  • Gain the knowledge needed to take on projects directly and work independently

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Organizations are moving their applications, data, and processes to the cloud to reduce application costs, effort, and maintenance. However, adopting new technology poses challenges for developers, solutions architects, and designers due to a lack of knowledge and appropriate practical training resources. This book helps you get to grips with Oracle Visual Builder (VB) and enables you to quickly develop web and mobile applications and deploy them to production without hassle. This book will provide you with a solid understanding of VB so that you can adopt it at a faster pace and start building applications right away. After working with real-time examples to learn about VB, you'll discover how to design, develop, and deploy web and mobile applications quickly. You'll cover all the VB components in-depth, including web and mobile application development, business objects, and service connections. In order to use all these components, you'll also explore best practices, security, and recommendations, which are well explained within the chapters. Finally, this book will help you gain the knowledge you need to enhance the performance of an application before deploying it to production. By the end of this book, you will be able to work independently and deploy your VB applications efficiently and with confidence.

Who is this book for?

This book is for IT professionals working with UI technologies to develop web and mobile applications for various industries. Developers and UI designers who want to understand how to use VB, develop scalable web and mobile applications using drag-and-drop features, and design applications in a better way with the help of real-time example apps and code samples will find this book helpful. Prior experience in any UI technology, JavaScript, and REST APIs will be useful.

What you will learn

  • Get started with VB and explore its architecture and basic building blocks
  • Gain a clear understanding of business objects and learn how to manage them
  • Create service connections to connect to the external API and Oracle SaaS
  • Build web and mobile apps and run them on various devices
  • Develop Oracle Cloud and non-Oracle SaaS app extensions
  • Get to grips with data and application security using practical examples
  • Explore best practices along with troubleshooting and debugging mechanisms
  • Connect your VB application with VBS for application versioning using Git
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Section 1: Exploring the Building Blocks of VB Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: What, Why, and How (WWH) of Visual Builder Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Provisioning and Understanding the Visual Builder Instance Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Exploring Visual Builder Ingredients Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Working with Data and Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Business Objects Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Creating and Managing Service Connections Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Building Web Applications Using Real-World Examples Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Working with Life Cycle Events, Validations, and UI Logic Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Building Web and Mobile Apps Using Various VB Components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Exploring Other Visual Components and Their Advanced Functionalities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Extending Oracle and Non-Oracle SaaS Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Working with Business Processes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Building a Mobile Application with Live Examples Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 4: Security, Recommendations, Best Practices, and Troubleshooting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Securing VB Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: Understanding and Managing Various Stages of a VB App Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 14: Best Practices and Recommendations for VB Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 15: Troubleshooting and Debugging VB Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 16: Managing VB Apps Using Visual Builder Studio Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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If you are in the Oracle Fusion Cloud world, this is one of the best book to have to customize the PaaS layer using the Visual Builder. It is a well written & organized book and it covers basics to deeper knowledge and this book is must to learn VBCS. Thank you for the opportunity!!
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This book on Oracle Visual Builder is a great resource for anyone looking to acquire understanding of VBCS. Ankur takes through each and every section of VBCS application with screen shots of application and clear explanation. I liked the simplicity of explaining each topic succinctly. With many technical books I have read, due to the nature of topic its hard to understand how the technology works. In this book Ankur makes it easy to understand underlying technology through examples. Well written book, I highly recommend.
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One of the most comprehensive books on VBCS out there. Beginner or advanced, it has everything you need to know if you want to master VBCS development. This book caught my attention because I had read the authors other blogs/articles, he seems to have great command on entire OIC suite. Highly recommend !
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My personal opinion:Perfect level of difficulty for me.Not very advanced and not very basic.It is based in latest release of the tool.Provided examples to make the testing easier.Hope the best for the author.Juanje
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It's really great learning on step-by-step tutorials,creating visual building applications, Set up of services, from this OIC cloud building for cloud base learning. Each and every topic is clearly explained.
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