Java for the Oracle Developer

The Oracle developer may be somewhat perplexed when first encountering JDeveloper.  Numerous terms and definitions are foreign to traditional Forms and PL/SQL Programmers.  The programmer occasionally needs to “roll your own” extended classes or even new clas ses to achieve “basic” functionality.  One feels like they are working with a complex procedural 3GL.  That’s because one is working with a complex procedural 3GL! Recommendations for the Oracle Development team that has not worked with Java gain sophisticated Java Programming expertise

Assure at least one team member has a good understanding of JDeveloper, including how to set up projects, generate libraries, define manifest files,  implement version control, Java Virtual Machines and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Explore the following:  events/listeners, jtable methods, table models (particularly as related to customizing grid controls), extending existing classes, interfaces

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Oracle for the Java Developer

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