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.
