Forms 11g, ADF and APEX: Co-existence in Enterprise Applications

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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications

Forms 11g, ADF & APEX
Co-existence in
Enterprise Applications

The Future of Forms SIG Meeting
May 15, 2012
AMIS, Edisonbaan 15, Nieuwegein, Holland
Magdalena Serban
Product Manager
PITSS
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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications
 More than 15 years experience with Oracle technology
 Oracle Gold Partner
 Member of Oracle Modernization Alliance
 Oracle Forms Migration Partner
 Customer references around the world

Madi Serban
Product Manager
[email protected]

Pitss GmbH
www.pitss.com

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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications
Oracle Database Application Road
Unsupported Supported Future Architecture
Forms 11g
Upgrade
ADF
Forms 2.3, 3.0,
Maintain
4.5, 5.0, 6.0,
6i, 9i
Web Deployment
Evolve
Forms 10g, 11g
APEX
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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications
Decision factors

* Business needs
The Technology Choice Challenge * Application complexity
* Skills
Forms11g ADF, Java APEX

Quick development Fusion, open standards tightly integrated: Oracle DB
tested technology DB independent huge community
low-risk Rich User Interface Freeee
SQL, PL/SQL Java, XML, SQL PL/SQL SQL, PL/SQL
Forms, Weblogic ADF, JDeveloper, JavaScript HTML, JavaScript, CSS
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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications
So: Should we stay or should we go?
Stay with Forms when
Our application complies with the business requirements
We have mainly PL/SQL and Forms Skills
increasing risk
We need a cost-effective, low-risk solution
Leave Forms when
complex
We definitely need no applet w
o
l

complicate
t
We find no Forms developers a
h
w

w
We have a strategy towards Java/ JEE o simple
n
K

or other programming environments
h
g
hi
Which technology is better? high Know how low
Both Ways = Co-Existence -> Reducing Complication
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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications
Complexity Analysis: Forms Flow Graph
For a demonstration application
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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications
Complexity Analysis: Forms Flow Graph
For a small legacy application…
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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications
Complexity Analysis: Forms Flow Graph
So where is the complication?
□
The programming style?
□
Forms?
□
ADF?
□
The 20 years maintenance?


Any State-Of-The-Art
application will be legacy
in 10-20 years
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Next Session: Migration and Co-Existence

A matter of
ADF
?
- Transaction management
- Functional flow
Forms APEX
- Object reuse

?
- Investment protection
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Forms 11g, ADF & APEX: Co-Existence in Enterprise Applications

Forms 11g, ADF & APEX
Co-existence in
Enterprise Applications – PART 2

The Future of Forms SIG Meeting
May 15, 2012
AMIS, Edisonbaan 15, Nieuwegein, Holland
Magdalena Serban
Product Manager
PITSS
Copyright 2012 PITSS GmbH www.pitss.com