There are different kind of developers out there. Here is my definition of these groups: High-code developers Programmers mainly working for example in Visual Studio Code writing C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, PL/SQL, etc. Low-code developers Fullstack developers working in the IT department that like to work with a low-code platform to create applications faster by configuring components and designing simple statements. In small projects, they also act as high-coders to get the final approx. 10% of functionality in place that isn't possible to configure (ie. complex business logic). Citizen devel ..read more

Flows for APEX 23.1 is now available for download at https://flowsforapex.org. Minimum requirements for installation are Oracle DB 19c+ and Oracle APEX 20.2+. For a quick start, I suggest to install it in a free workspace on https://apex.oracle.com. Check out the new features: REST API UserTask Assignment Map Lanes to Roles (Basic) Messaging Support Modernized Modeler Additional languages: Italian, Korean, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese The Flows for APEX team demonstrated key features of 23.1 in the APEX Office Hours session of 3-AUG. For those of you that missed ..read more

Want to start developing web applications with Oracle Application Express? Make sure you don't reinvent the wheel and adapt good practises from industry experts right from the start. Here are some tips for beginners: 1. If you don't already have APEX installed, don't install it yourself, but get a free workspace within minutes on apex.oracle.com to be used for demo purposes. For production purposes, you can use the free tier on cloud.oracle.com with two databases up to 20 GB data without any cost. 2. Start making your first apps using our APEX tutorial (German) or from Oracle (Engli ..read more

With Flows for APEX 22.2, there are many new features to explore. We have planned several sessions to give you an overview of these and to engage with the Flows for APEX team. 29-SEP 2022 16:00-17:00 CET APEX Office Hours https://apex.oracle.com/officehours This session will be recorded and made available publicly on YouTube 04-OCT 2022 15:00-16:30 SGT / 08:00-09:30 CET https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdOmrqzMuG9WUsQZ8CuVX3Z3g4gqXYTOu More interactive session without recording for EMEA & Asia Pacific area 04-OCT 2022 10:00-11:30 EST / 16:00-17:30 CET https://us06web.zoom.us/mee ..read more

We are proud to announce the general availability of Flows for APEX 22.1. You can download a free copy of this open source software at https://flowsforapex.org. Major new features of 22.1 include: - declaratively sending an e-mail using the service task in BPMN - support for repeating timers for non-interrupting boundary events - timers supporting the Oracle date/interval format during modeling - to prevent lost updates, we have introduced a "step key" - the modeler having the Monaco text editor integrated - APEX metadata being leveraged by the properties panel in the modeler - support for a b ..read more

During the week, a DDoS attack with over 384 IP addresses from all over the world was started on our public Oracle APEX server. As we do like people (and proper bots) to make use of our free services to provide information about Oracle APEX, the bots managed to request an APEX page around 1.000 times a minute! With that many page views, the connection pool of Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) with maximum 30 DB connections got full and people were starting to see an error message from ORDS. Of course we could scale up the connection pool with the database, but that would mean we had to scale up ..read more

Flows for APEX is an extension for Oracle Application Express (APEX) that lets you model and run processes based on the BPMN 2.0 standard. This blog article will address some of the key features introduced with version 21.1. Setting process variables before and/or after each step With the help of process variables, information can be stored persistently in the database over the entire duration of a process instance. You can set a process variable through the PL/SQL API or, with 21.1, do this declarative for each step in the BPMN model. The variables are meant to be set at special trigger poi ..read more

After months of hard work, we are proud to announce the general availability of the APEX extension Flows for APEX 21.1. If you are looking to model and run business processes all within the Oracle Database, make sure to check out Flows for APEX. You can download a free copy of this open source software at https://flowsforapex.mt-ag.com. Major new features of 21.1 are:   - Model-driven approach to set process variables before and after each step   - 3 process plugins to declaratively integrate a process model in your own APEX app   - Auditing   - Major upgrade of the Flows ..read more

I'm happy to announce that the conference schedule for APEX Connect 2021 is now online, see:  https://bit.ly/apexconn21 Due to the COVID-19 situation, we are committed to deliver top content and great networking possibilities straight to your home office! Here are some highlights of what we have planned, all delivered by top speakers from all over the world: 33 regular sessions covering all topics that should interest APEX developers + 2 keynotes + 6 training sessions with good practices for APEX beginners at day 1 + 6 training sessions with good practices for experienced APEX develo ..read more

Thanks to Joel Kallman, we got the opportunity to talk about Flows for APEX v5.0.1 during APEX Office Hours on 17-DEC. We got 500(!) attendees and received loads of questions in the Q&A. Some of them got answered during the session by Moritz Klein, some were addressed at the end of the presentation. Still, we didn't manage to answer all of your questions. To cover them all, Richard Allen added a FAQ section in the documentation, so you might want to look over here: https://mt-ag.github.io/apex-flowsforapex/FAQ.html For those of you that did not manage to attend the presentation, the r ..read more