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In October 2012 yet another ADF Book was published. This book "Oracle ADF Real World Developer's Guide" is authored by Jobinesh Purushothaman. Jobinsh works with Oracle as a Principal Solutions Architect for the Oracle Application Development Framework. The book is full of essential tips and tricks for building ADF applications. In this post I will share my book review with you and I give you the chance to win a free copy. This book is suitable for ADF developers who are looking forward to build healthy and better performing applications using Oracle ADF. A book filled with step-by-step instructions and real-time examples with illustrations, diagrams, and tips that help developers learn the visual and declarative programming model offered by ADF. Using this book, readers will learn to get started with building business services using ADF business components, validate business data in different layers of an application and understand the use of EJB and web ser...

On my way to Los Angeles (Long Beach) for KScope 2011 (12 Hours in an airplane) I had plenty of time to do some reading and writing.The book I read was an only very recently (june 2011) published ADF Book. This is not a technical deep dive into ADF, but it focuses on the process of application development. The book is written by Sten Vesterli an Oracle ACE Director and it is absolutely a good read. When reading I found myself in an environment that I recognize from the many ADF projects that I have been involved in. Many of the questions that newbie ADF Developers have are answered in this book. The book describes the development process, starting with an ADF PoC, all the way to testing, packaging and delivering the application to the end users. You also get hints on how to find more info via google. This might actually work better then providing direct URL’s for reference. Here’s a short overview of the content. Chapter 1: The ADF Proof of Concept The proof of concept chapter gives a ...

A couple of weeks ago yet another ADF book was released. This time it was Grant Ronald’s turn. He managed to write a “Quick Start Guide to Oracle Fusion Development”. I was somewhat worried because it is seemingly impossible to write a Quick Start Guide to Fusion Development. However after reading the book I was very surprised of what the book has to offer to people starting with fusion development. In this post I share my findings with you... A look at the content immediately learns that this book covers the whole development process. The “Quick Start Guide” provides the essential information you need to build applications. Nothing more and, more important, nothing less. The book really is an introduction to the most important building blocks and functionality that you’ll use while starting ADF development. Part I : Introductions and Overviews. 1. Introduction to Fusion and the Fusion Technologies. 2. Introduction to JDeveloper and Oracle ADF. 3. Finding your Way Around JDeveloper....