ADF COURSE CONTENT

Chapter 1: Introduction to Oracle Fusion and ADF

• Oracle ADF and JDeveloper
• Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Oracle Fusion Architecture
• ADF and MVC
• More about ADF Features and Advantages

Chapter 2: Exploring Jdeveloper

• Installing Jdeveloper
• Configuring Preferences
• Various Panes on Jdeveloper
• Hello World in Jdeveloper
• Building ADF Application in Jdeveloper

Chapter 3: Database Schema Design

• Creating Connections to Database
• Database Designing tools in Jdeveloper
• Creating offline Objects
• Synchronize Online-Offline Database

Chapter 4: Introduction to ADF Business Components

• Advantages of ADF BC
• Entity Objects
• View Objects
• Application Module
• Creating ADF Business Components

Chapter 5: Introduction to User Interface

• Java Server Faces
• ADF Faces
• Visit some of the ADF Rich Components
• Faces Layouts
• Design Layouts

Practice:

• Install Jdeveloper and Oracle XE database
• Get familiar with IDE
• Hello World in Jdeveloper
• Database
• Install sample application schema
• Creating Sample ADF Application

Chapter 6: Entity Objects and Associations

• Creating Database Connection
• Creating Entity Objects
• Refreshing entity objects from Database
• Specifying Default Values for the attributes
• Updatability of Entity Attributes
• Persistent and Transient Attributes
• Specifying dependency Attributes
• Introduction to validations
• Tracking change history
• Creating alternate primary keys
• Checking Data inconsistency by using change indicator attribute
• Generating Java Classes for entity Components
• Creating Associations

Chapter 7: View Objects and View Links

• Creating View Objects
• Adding additional attributes from Entity Objects
• Annotate attributes using UI Hints
• Creating View Criteria
• Creating List of Values
• Dependent List of Values
• Generating Java Classes for View Components
• Creating View Links

Chapter 8: Application Modules

• Creating Application Module
• Designing Application Module
• Applying View Criteria
• Nested Application Modules
• Testing the model using Application Module
• Debugging using Application Module
• Generating Java Classes for Application Module
• Exposing the Methods from application module using client interface

Practice:

• Build ADF BC
• Implement Validations and Business Logic
• Build Application Module
• Creating LOVâ??s and Dependent LOVâ??s
• Implement Client Interface Methods
• Testing ADF BC using Application Module

Chapter 9: Introduction to User Interface Technologies

• Java Server Faces and ADF Faces
• Understanding Data Controls
• Understanding Data Bindings
• JSF Expression Language
• Binding components to Data

Chapter 10: Understanding the UI Layouts and Components

• Understanding the various UI Layouts
  • Panel Form Layout
  • Panel Group Layout
  • Panel Header
  • Panel Box etcâ?¦
• Implementing some of the UI components
  • Table
  • Tree Table
  • Hierarchy Viewer
  • Editable Forms
  • Master Detail Pages etcâ?¦
• Understanding more about bindings
  • Attribute Binding
  • Tree Binding
  • Method Binding etcâ?¦

Chapter 11: Understanding Page Navigations

• Performing navigation between components
• Various ADF Faces Navigation Components
• Using Train Components
• Bread Crumbs

Chapter 12: Understanding ADF Task Flows

• Understanding the Reusability
• Creating a Task Flows
• Types of Task Flows (Bounded Vs Unbounded)
• Understanding Pages Vs Page Fragments
• Using Task Flow components
• Creating Managed Bean

Practice :

• Build Simple Pages with various UI components
• Build Task Flows
• Implement Navigations
• Implementing Master-Detail

Chapter 13: More About Task Flows

• Passing Parameters to Task flows
• Usage of Task Flow Returns and Parent Action
• Child Task flows
• Task flow Initializer and Finalizer
• Ensuring the reusability
• Understanding Managed Beans
  • Understanding Various Scopes
  • Backing Bean Vs Managed Bean
  • When to use which scope bean

Chapter 14: More about UI components

• Partial Page Rendering
• Usage of Listeners
• More About Tables
  • Column Stretching
  • Understanding QBE
  • Sorting
  • Layouts
  • Contextual Menus
• Working with Popup
  • Designing the Popup
  • Show Popup Behavior
  • Programmatically controlling the Popup Behavior
• Exporting to the Excel etc
• File\Image Uploads and downloads

Chapter 15: Working with Contextual Events

• Why we need inter region communication
• Inter region Communication Patterns
• Declaratively raising contextual Events
• Programmatically raising the contextual Events
• How the contextual Events works and propagates

 Practice :

• Building pages using complex UI components
• Implement Quick Search
• Design and Implement
• Implementing Contextual Events
• Usage of Dynamic Tab Navigation Shell

Chapter 16: Working with Templates

• Working with Task Flow Templates
• Working with Page Templates
• Usage of Oracle Dynamic Tab Navigation Shell
• Building the Custom Templates

Chapter 17: Working with ADF Security

• Configuring security through wizard
• Usage of Jazn-data.xml
• Role Based Security
• Granting access to resources

Chapter 18: Working with Transactions

• Handling transactions with ADF BC
• Transaction in ADF Task Flow
• Exploring various Task Flow Transaction Start options
• Creating Save points

Chapter 19: Localization

• Usage of Resource Bundles in Model Layer
• Usage of Resource Bundles in UI Layer
• Packaging the bundles

Chapter 20: Working with Various Data Controls

• Web service Data Controls
• Pojo Data Controls
• EJB Data Controls etcâ?¦

Chapter 21: Debugging, Packaging and Deployment of ADF Application

• Logging and Diagnostics
• Debugging java code through Jdeveloper
• Debugging Task flow
• Building the various archived files (ADF Library, WAR, EAR, MAR etcâ?¦)
• Deploying application
  • Using Jdeveloper
  • Using Weblogic Console
  • Using Enterprise Manager

Practice :

• Implementing Security
• Implement Logging
• Practice the Debugging Techniques
• Working with Pojo Data controls
• Creating the deployment profiles
• Using Enterprise Manager

Chapter 22: DVT Components

• Graphs
• Charts
• Maps
• Gantt Charts
• Pivot Tables etcâ?¦

Chapter 23: Miscellaneous

• ADF Lifecycle
• DVT Components
• Skinning
• Importance of various configuration files
  • Adfc-config.xml
  • xml
  • Adf-config.xml
  • xml
  • xml
  • dcx
  • cpx
  • Faces-config.xml
  • Trinidad-config.xml

Chapter 24: ADF Best Practices

• Setting up the project structure
• Lifespan of ADF Business Components
• Ensuring High Availability for fusion web application
• Performance tuning for Oracle ADF
  • Tuning tips for AM
  • Tuning tips for View Objects
  • Tuning tips for Entity Objects
  • Tuning tips for ADF Model
  • Tuning tips for ADF Controller and task flows

Chapter 25: Interview Discussion

• Resume Guidance
• Interview Tips
• Mock Interview session