To me, the way an APEX application looks, could be the key to making people use it. There are many examples where a great app with great features is unpopular, simply because it doesn't bring the best user experience. A simple fact about APEX and the developers using it is that the majority of us … Continue reading 5 tips to help you build better APEX user interfaces
Part 2: Accessing your secure REST API In Part 1 of the "ORDS, APEX and secure REST APIs" blog post, we looked at the ways you can secure your REST modules. Now that we have secured the API, let's look at the ways you could access it. There are different implementations and different tools in … Continue reading ORDS, APEX and secure REST APIs (Part 2 – call the API)
Part 1: Securing your REST API Some time ago we created a simple REST API using APEX RESTful Services to serve us for some reports. I wouldn't go into details on how to create such, as there are many sources out there describing how to create a REST service in APEX. You could take a … Continue reading ORDS, APEX and secure REST APIs (Part 1 – secure the API)
Social Sign-in has been around since APEX version 18. And with small differences, the main concepts regarding Single Sign On in APEX using Facebook, Google, Microsoft, OKTA or any other 3rd party authentication provider have been the same. There are numerous blog post I have read and videos watched during the time. If your setup … Continue reading OKTA authentication for APEX in 5 minutes
Redwood theme I am a big fan of Redwood theme from the first minute it was released for the APEX Builder. Luckily for us, the developers and users, it can be now used as an application theme too. The new version of APEX (21.1) even gives the ability to modify it (a little) through the … Continue reading Redwood theme backgrounds revealed
Adding favicon for your application Create a PNG image - with dimensions 256x256 pixels. You can use Photoshop or any other editing software. Go to https://realfavicongenerator.net/ and generate an .ico file. Alternatively, use a tool of your preference and generate .ico files both 32x32 and 16x16 pixels. Download the .zip archive generated to your local … Continue reading Quick Tips: Add favicon and custom Application icon in APEX
Introduction & helpful links In the following blog post I will try to explain the options you have to modify your APEX JET powered charts. There are different ways to change certain parts of them, some are easier and straight forward, others require more complex approach and writing some Javascript and CSS. In the first … Continue reading Taking your APEX JET charts style to the next level
Present and future of Markdown in APEX In the production version of APEX (20.2), you could benefit of the Markdown language being integrated into different parts of it. I won't go into details how cool is Markdown, what it is and what are the various places you could use it. I will just mention that … Continue reading APEX & Markdown – the story continues
Switching your application theme is getting more and more popular in recent years. APEX apps and their users are no exception. Most of our devices support this feature, APEX itself introduced dark and light mode for the Application Builder too. I am going to show you a quick way of integrating it into your application. … Continue reading Auto switch Dark & Light modes of your APEX app
It happens that you forget your master ADMIN password for the apex_admin page. Here are the two widely user methods to change it and unlock the Admin account: Use @apxchpwd.sql script in your APEX directory. To run it, navigate to the directory through bash or Command prompt. Connect to your database as SYS and run … Continue reading Unlock APEX Admin account
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