Welcome to ADF

This is my first article in the series to follow on Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF).

ADF is a new exciting technology that promises changes to the way web applications are built and the way developers think about a framework.

I am posting important links below that will help you get started on ADF and understand the articles to follow.

Oracle ADF Home Page - http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/adf/index.html

Oracle ADF Learning Center - http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/adf/learnadf.html

Oracle JDeveloper Home Page - http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/index.html

Fusion Developer's Guide for Oracle ADF - http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12839_01/web.1111/b31974/toc.htm

Web User Interface Developer's Guide for Oracle ADF - http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12839_01/web.1111/b31973/toc.htm

JDeveloper Discussion Forums on OTN - http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jsp?forum=83

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Truly Great
written by Koteswar , December 05, 2008

Now i am doing only on OAF.
The ADF links very usefull for me.
Pls Provide some developing scripts on ADF.

Thanks a Lot

Regards
Koteswar

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A good start
written by HemantJ , December 05, 2008

I was looking to begin learning ADF but never knew where to start from.
These links are comprehensive.

Thanks
Hemant

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A good starting point
written by Sarat Gutha , December 05, 2008

Hi Anil,

I have found your website really good when referring to articles on OAF. I think it's time to reciprocate now for ADF

I am working in Oracle, Hyderabad and have been involved in developing Fusion Projects Applications using ADF. Having worked on ADF for last 2 years, I think I can provide articles on ADF to be hosted here. Let me know what you feel.

Regards,
Sarat

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Simply Great
written by Suresh1784 , December 05, 2008

Are you planning to do tutorials like OAF for ADF?

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written by Anil Passi , December 05, 2008

Thanks OracleTech for this wonderful first article.

Also- thanks Sarat for coming forward to writeup on ADF.

This ADF initiative will help many souls.

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written by OracleTech , December 06, 2008

I do not plan to post articles that follow the tutorial style because they are available already in the various documents above.
I will start with topics that help quickly understand this new technology and then go into tips and tricks that are not directly evident in documents.
I will also cover typical use-case how-to that will help you implement your actual application.

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How ADF Fits?
written by Suresh1784 , December 06, 2008

Could you please tell us , how ADF fits into Oracle Apps ?

Say OAF has got to do with the Pages in Oracle Apps ... In this case ,is ADF going to master OAF? or getting replace OAF?

is it possible to use ADF with R12?

Thanks,
Suresh

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written by OracleTech , December 07, 2008

Oracle's next generation applications - Fusion Applications will be completely built on ADF.
ADF will be used for everything - business logic, validations, services, UI - just everything.
ADF can be used with anything. What is your specific question about R12?

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is ADF compatible?
written by suresh1784 , December 08, 2008

Hi Anil,

Thanks for you Explanation.

So It means that ADF will be not in use till fusion comes? ( If no then where we are using Now)

Reagarding R12 ,is ADF is compatible with R12. (if Yes how we are using with R12 or with Oracle 11i Apps)

Thanks,
Suresh

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written by OracleTech , December 08, 2008

> So It means that ADF will be not in use till fusion comes? ( If no then where we are using Now)
No, it does not mean that. Oracle's internal use of ADF starts with Fusion Applications. Externally, there are many customers that use ADF for their different applications and systems. However, oracle has started to uptake lot of FMW features, including ADF into existing product lines and there will be incremental uptakes in them so that eventual migration to fusion is easier.
> Reagarding R12 ,is ADF is compatible with R12. (if Yes how we are using with R12 or with Oracle 11i Apps)
You need not tie ADF with applications. These are two different things. ADF is a technology while R12 is application suite. You can very well use ADF to build any custom UI or application that is based on R12 or 11i feature.

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How to Deploy with 11i
written by Suresh1784 , December 09, 2008

Really nice to know this...

past 3 months I am doing a R&D kind of work with ADF and Developed some custom Pages.But I don't know this can be used in 11i.

Say with OAF I register in the application and then I am able to use the Custom page I developed.

Could you please explain how I can Integrate ADF with 11i Application. How to Deploy in Apps Environment? or Do we need SOA for Integration?

Hope you will plan to have tutorial session for this.

Thanks for helping us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suresh

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Deployment Steps
written by Suresh1784 , December 11, 2008

As per your comment its possible with 11i and R12.

So could you please provide us the Deployment Steps?

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Suresh

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written by OracleTech , December 14, 2008

Deploying ADF application is pretty easy and straight forward. You just need to build a WAR/EAR profile and deploy to standalone server.
Read this chapter in developer guide for deployment options - http://download.oracle.com/doc...m#CHDJJDDG
Look at this white paper that gives some idea on this - http://www.veriton.co.uk/downl...oyment.pdf

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customization of R12 pages in ADF
written by fassi , February 02, 2009

can we customize the Oracle EBS R12 pages in ADF. if yes is there any document available to integrate ADF to R12.

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Programmer Analyst
written by pcreddy , February 12, 2009

For the question>>> can we customize the Oracle EBS R12 pages in ADF. if yes is there any document available to integrate ADF to R12.

No. You can not customize the standard R12 pages in ADF as they are not built on ADF. But if you just want to integrate your new ADF pages to existing oracle applications then it is possible but it requires lot of effort/changes (on security front):

> Security for ADF pages need to be built from scratch. Oracle Apps AOL Security will not support ADF pages.
> You need to have Oracle 10gAS at a minimum. And you may have to host your ADF pages on a different application server than your Oracle EBS app server.

Please look at http://blogs.oracle.com/steven...r_adf.html

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ADF
written by mike , April 15, 2009

Do you guys know of anybody doing oralce ADF training in Chennai, India

Thanks you.

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Oracle JDeveloper & ADF
written by Saji Daniel , August 15, 2009