As part of the Kickoff to Kscope campaign ODTUG is hosting a panel discussion in Seattle with Oracle ACE Directors including myself, Kellyn Pot'Vin, Tim Gorman, Tim Tow, and Cameron Lackpour. The panel will be moderated by none other than ODTUG president Monty Latiolais.
The event will be held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel - Jefferson Room from 4 to 6pm and will be followed by a networking Happy Hour where you can meet other Oracle professionals in Seattle and the panelists. Best part is that it's all free!
For more information check out the official page: http://kscope14.com/events/seattle-street-team Don't forget your questions for the panel.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
oracleapex.com
If you follow me on twitter (@martindsouza) or the #orclapex hashtag you'll have noticed that I've been posting some new links to quickly get to APEX resources.
Last week I got a notice (don't know how I was on that list) that the domain oracleapex.com was free to purchase. Being the enthusiast that I am I couldn't resist buying it. I also bought it so that it wouldn't be hijacked or domain parked for malicious purposes.
To make things easier for the whole community I'm using the domain as a redirect for APEX which will hopefully help new and existing users to quickly access the reference material they need for APEX development.
Update (16-Mar-2014): The official/updated list can now be found on oracleapex.com. See http://www.talkapex.com/2014/03/oracleapexcom-part-2.html for information about this change.
Here are all the URLs and where they point to:
Last week I got a notice (don't know how I was on that list) that the domain oracleapex.com was free to purchase. Being the enthusiast that I am I couldn't resist buying it. I also bought it so that it wouldn't be hijacked or domain parked for malicious purposes.
To make things easier for the whole community I'm using the domain as a redirect for APEX which will hopefully help new and existing users to quickly access the reference material they need for APEX development.
Update (16-Mar-2014): The official/updated list can now be found on oracleapex.com. See http://www.talkapex.com/2014/03/oracleapexcom-part-2.html for information about this change.
Here are all the URLs and where they point to:
- oracleapex.com -> Oracle APEX OTN site
- addon.oracleapex.com -> APEX Lib Developer Addon
- api.oracleapex.com -> API docs
- doc(s).oracleapex.com -> Main document page
- ea.oracleapex.com -> Early Adopter site (currently points to 5.0)
- forum(s).oracleapex.com -> OTN APEX forums
- guide.oracleapex.com -> Builders guide
- install.oracleapex.com -> Installation guide
- lang.oracleapex.com -> Used for language specific sites
- lang.oracleapex.com/deutsch -> German user page
- lang.oracleapex.com/german -> German user page
- martin.oracleapex.com -> talkapex.com
- This wasn't my idea. Tim St. Hilaire requested it so if you have an issue talk to him ;-)
- oll.oracleapex.com -> Oracle Learning Library page
- plugin.oracleapex.com -> apex-plugin.com
- request.oracleapex.com -> Feature Request page (where you can make a request to be added to APEX)
- urlsyntax.oracleapex.com -> Quick link to the URL syntax document page
- Despite the fact that I've been developing with APEX for a long time I always forget the URL syntax and I'm sure I'm not alone.
Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions so far and if you have any other links you'd like to see leave a comment or send me a tweet!
note: I'll keep this page up to date with the latest urls. Eventually I'll host the official list on oracleapex.com.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Logger - Survey
I'm planning to re-brand Logger to help make it easier for people to find and more marketable in general. I'd appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete a survey that I just built which will help the future growth of Logger.
Please note that this re-branding initiative will not affect it's current open source license or its internal code naming structure (i.e. "logger").
To do the survey please click here.
Thank you,
- Martin
Please note that this re-branding initiative will not affect it's current open source license or its internal code naming structure (i.e. "logger").
To do the survey please click here.
Thank you,
- Martin
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
ODTUG Elections - Please Vote
It's that time of year again that half of the positions for the ODTUG Board of Directors must be voted on by its paid members. I am up for re-election this year and would appreciate your continued support in helping the ODTUG community.
To view the everyone who is running for the board and the link to vote please go to: http://www.odtug.com/2014_election. Please remember that only paid ODTUG members are allowed to vote and that you are allowed to vote for up to five people.
I have included my campaign statement and profile below. Thank you for your support.
- Martin
Campaign Statement
Over the past two years, I have had the privilege to represent the Oracle APEX community as a director for ODTUG. I have made the decision to run again this year for the ODTUG board and am looking for your support in doing so.
During my two-year tenure, I have been involved in several committees within ODTUG that have helped bring conferences around the world, improved marketing initiatives, and organized developer contests.
I have been able to build strong relationships with other ODTUG board members, Oracle employees, and many developers in the APEX community. These relationships have allowed me to be a liaison between all three groups and help to relay ideas and opportunities to the appropriate parties. I hope to continue to be able to facilitate open communication over the next two years.
I am looking for your vote to continue as an ODTUG board member to represent developers within one of the world’s largest Oracle user groups. Thank you in advance for your support.
Bio Statement
Martin D'Souza is the CTO and cofounder at ClariFit, a consulting firm that specializes in APEX and PL/SQL development and training. He is also a volunteer director for ODTUG. Martin’s career has seen him hold a range of positions within award-winning companies. His experience in the technology industry has been focused on developing database-centric web applications using the Oracle technology stack. Martin is the author of the popular blog www.TalkApex.com, a designated Oracle ACE Director, coauthored and authored various APEX books, and is an active participant in various open source projects, such as Logger. He has also presented at numerous international conferences, such as APEXposed!, COUG, Oracle OpenWorld, and ODTUG Kscope, for which he won the Presenter of the Year award in 2011. Martin holds a computer engineering degree from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. You can contact Martin via email at martin@clarifit.com or by Twitter @martindsouza.
To view the everyone who is running for the board and the link to vote please go to: http://www.odtug.com/2014_election. Please remember that only paid ODTUG members are allowed to vote and that you are allowed to vote for up to five people.
I have included my campaign statement and profile below. Thank you for your support.
- Martin
Campaign Statement
Over the past two years, I have had the privilege to represent the Oracle APEX community as a director for ODTUG. I have made the decision to run again this year for the ODTUG board and am looking for your support in doing so.
During my two-year tenure, I have been involved in several committees within ODTUG that have helped bring conferences around the world, improved marketing initiatives, and organized developer contests.
I have been able to build strong relationships with other ODTUG board members, Oracle employees, and many developers in the APEX community. These relationships have allowed me to be a liaison between all three groups and help to relay ideas and opportunities to the appropriate parties. I hope to continue to be able to facilitate open communication over the next two years.
I am looking for your vote to continue as an ODTUG board member to represent developers within one of the world’s largest Oracle user groups. Thank you in advance for your support.
Bio Statement
Martin D'Souza is the CTO and cofounder at ClariFit, a consulting firm that specializes in APEX and PL/SQL development and training. He is also a volunteer director for ODTUG. Martin’s career has seen him hold a range of positions within award-winning companies. His experience in the technology industry has been focused on developing database-centric web applications using the Oracle technology stack. Martin is the author of the popular blog www.TalkApex.com, a designated Oracle ACE Director, coauthored and authored various APEX books, and is an active participant in various open source projects, such as Logger. He has also presented at numerous international conferences, such as APEXposed!, COUG, Oracle OpenWorld, and ODTUG Kscope, for which he won the Presenter of the Year award in 2011. Martin holds a computer engineering degree from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. You can contact Martin via email at martin@clarifit.com or by Twitter @martindsouza.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Leave it to the Experts
At ODTUG Kscope 13 this year in New Orleans, I gave a talk on responsive web design in APEX. During the presentation someone asked me about specific CSS width configurations for different screen sizes. My answer at the time (and I still stand by it) was to use what the APEX team provided as they have experts who's sole job is to focus on these details.
Case in point, today one of the developers on the Oracle APEX team (Shakeeb Rahman) tweeted the following question "Anyone know of a study that talks about web contrast and if dark gray is better than black for web text?". I don't know the answer nor have I ever even thought if it before.
Similar to most developers, my job requires me to to keep up to date on technology and design patterns but it's humanly impossible to be an expert in every single area. Having amazing and committed developers on the Oracle APEX team allows me to not worry about all the finer details and focus on providing my clients with solid solutions for their business problems using APEX.
To summarize, not only is APEX a great development framework for the Oracle technology stack, they also have experts covering all the small details that most developers have never thought of or don't have the time to research.
Here's the full Twitter conversation:
Case in point, today one of the developers on the Oracle APEX team (Shakeeb Rahman) tweeted the following question "Anyone know of a study that talks about web contrast and if dark gray is better than black for web text?". I don't know the answer nor have I ever even thought if it before.
Similar to most developers, my job requires me to to keep up to date on technology and design patterns but it's humanly impossible to be an expert in every single area. Having amazing and committed developers on the Oracle APEX team allows me to not worry about all the finer details and focus on providing my clients with solid solutions for their business problems using APEX.
To summarize, not only is APEX a great development framework for the Oracle technology stack, they also have experts covering all the small details that most developers have never thought of or don't have the time to research.
Here's the full Twitter conversation:
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