Pro jQuery in Oracle Application Express

Building on your existing SQL skills, this book teaches you how to apply useful jQuery techniques to applications developed using the Oracle Application Express (APEX) development tool.

Pro jQuery in Oracle Application Express covers the fundamentals you need to start enhancing your applications, with some practical examples that you’ll want in your own applications tomorrow. jQuery is a framework already utilized by APEX, and by learning the basics of jQuery you can leverage the flexible dynamic actions provide and see your applications raise the bar. Discover why you should embrace HTML5, CSS, and jQuery library capabilities, and how they can enhance the user experience.

Oracle Application Express is a mature, browser-based, rapid-development environment with a strong community base around the #orclapex tag. jQuery is a language for the browser, with it you can treat your web page as if it were a database, interacting with a range of features and functions that can make you into a more constructive, more efficient developer.

• Exemplifies how productive APEX, CSS, and jQuery can be
• Transforms your PL/SQL skills to CSS and jQuery
• Provides jQuery snippets to enhance your application UX

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: CSS—The Secret
Chapter 2: jQuery Fundamentals
Chapter 3: Browser Tools

Part II: Integrating into APEX
Chapter 4: Enlarging Content
Chapter 5: Firing Dynamic Actions
Chapter 6: Implementing jQuery Alternatives
Chapter 7: Highlighting Selected Row
Chapter 8: Adding Buttons to Reports

Part III: Playing with Processes
Chapter 9: Choosing Process Options
Chapter 10: Link a Check Box to a Collection
Chapter 11: Using jQuery Dialogs
Chapter 12: Using Modal Forms
Chapter 13: Receiving Information from the Database

Part IV: Reporting Options
Chapter 14: Adding Visualization with JSON
Chapter 15: Applying jQuery Post Render
Chapter 16: Clicking Entire Rows
Chapter 17: Customizing Pagination

Part V: Diversifying Techniques
Chapter 18: Customizing Item Help
Chapter 19: File Browse Validation
Chapter 20: CSS Media Queries
Chapter 21: Coding for the Future