Introduction to Oracle ADF
Many of today's huge enterprise applications run on the Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) platform. The core Java EE technology has been improved considerably in the recent past. The Enterprise Java application development has become much easier with annotations, dependency injection, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0, and Java Persistence API (JPA). However, if you take a closer look at the core Java EE technology with a developer's eye, you may notice certain gaps in it:
The learning curve is steep for a beginner
Even experienced Java developers find it hard to understand, when he/she goes deeper into the technology stack
It lacks tooling support that provides a visual and declarative development experience
Java EE specification does not cover all the generic needs
The way to deal with these problems is to use a framework that abstracts the complexity of the Java EE platform, adhering to standard patterns and practices. The Oracle ADF framework is the most promising one in that category.
The Oracle ADF framework is a complete Java EE framework that simplifies next generation enterprise application development by providing out-of-the-box infrastructure services, and a visual and declarative development experience. In this book, you will explore the core ADF features in detail with real-life code samples.
