You're reading from Effortless App Development with Oracle Visual Builder Boost productivity by building web and mobile applications efficiently using the drag-and-drop approach

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800569805

Length 500 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Application Development

Author (1):

Ankur Jain

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Exploring the Building Blocks of VB

2. Chapter 1: What, Why, and How (WWH) of Visual Builder FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Provisioning and Understanding the Visual Builder Instance

4. Chapter 3: Exploring Visual Builder Ingredients

5. Section 2: Working with Data and Services

6. Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Business Objects

7. Chapter 5: Creating and Managing Service Connections

8. Chapter 6: Building Web Applications Using Real-World Examples

9. Chapter 7: Working with Life Cycle Events, Validations, and UI Logic

10. Section 3: Building Web and Mobile Apps Using Various VB Components

11. Chapter 8: Exploring Other Visual Components and Their Advanced Functionalities

12. Chapter 9: Extending Oracle and Non-Oracle SaaS Applications

13. Chapter 10: Working with Business Processes

14. Chapter 11: Building a Mobile Application with Live Examples

15. Section 4: Security, Recommendations, Best Practices, and Troubleshooting

16. Chapter 12: Securing VB Applications

17. Chapter 13: Understanding and Managing Various Stages of a VB App

18. Chapter 14: Best Practices and Recommendations for VB Applications

19. Chapter 15: Troubleshooting and Debugging VB Applications

20. Chapter 16: Managing VB Apps Using Visual Builder Studio

21. Assessments

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploring Service Connections

Whenever you have a requirement to call external REST APIs, Service Connections play an important role in helping you to build a connection with those REST APIs. The Service Connection is one of the main components of VB that helps you to communicate with external applications using REST APIs.

A Service Connection specifies the connection to a REST service, including the service URLs, authentication details, and the payload.

Like Business Objects, Service Connections are also reusable components and once created can be used in multiple web or mobile applications simultaneously. These are not specific to any application.

The following subsections help you to understand various options to create a Service Connection.

Various options to create a Service Connection

In order to create a Service Connection, a VB application must exist. Once an application is created, click on the Services pane from the application navigator. The Service Connection...