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APEX 4.2 Early Adopters is Ready! to serve


Oracle has announced early adopters version of APEX release 4.2 @
A whole host of new functionality has been added to APEX proving not only that Oracle is committed to pushing forward with APEX but also how great a tool it is. Some of the new functionality includes;
  1. Keep switches between Mobile and Desktop Applications
  2.  A faster application builder wizard allowing for simple applications to be built very quickly
  3.  Enhanced charting using both flash charting and HTML5 charts
  4.  Use of HTML5 page items with new item types such as sliders and additional attributes
  5. and  many many more features!

The look and feel to the Application builder has also come on leaps and bounds and looks very impressive. 
Enhanced Wizards
Enhancements have also been made to the wizards allow for quicker generation of objects. Delivered with APEX 4.2 are the same applications available with the Oracle Cloud – these pre-built applications can easily be installed and come with demo data to allow you to quickly get started.
An overview of the Packaged Applications (productivity / business apps) that come with APEX 4.2.It makes me understand that we can soon write our own apps and have them included there...
Packaged Applications

I go into more detail in some other blog posts later.

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