New kid on the block !

It's been a quit month on my blog but I've been very busy "fooling around" lately.

That is what happens to you when you become a father for the first time. Less sleep......but tons of fun ! One thing that my daughter allready made clear to me is is that my time is no longer only available to Jdeveloper and ADF. Every time I find some minutes to do some research at home, she will start telling me that she wants to eat, or play, or that she want's some attention. I made it my personal goal to teach her (she's 8 weeks old now) ADF as soon as possible, so I get to spent more quality time with her ;-)

My daughter wasn't the only newborn. There actually is another one: "Oracle JDeveloper 11g Technical Preview 2 - (Build 4684)". It can be downloaded here.
It is the first preview which has a automated migration process for 10g apps.

Steve Muench announced it on his blog. You can find a link to the migration guide there as well. I'm curious to find out what will happen to the panel page which no longer exists in 11g but was the base of many 10g apps !

If I find the time I'll try to play with 11g preview 2 next couple of weeks.

Comments

Murali.V said…

Iam new to Oracle and seen your post..I have downloaded the Zip File But i dont get any idea to do with that.

Actually i want to what is that ? and what is the use of the attachment?

Please help me

9:39 AM

Luc Bors said…

Hi Win-murali,

I'm not sure what you want, and what zip file you downloaded. Please let me know.

9:20 AM

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