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Oracle ADF Essentials :-
Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF) is a Java EE based development framework that simplifies and accelerates building enterprise applications. Oracle ADF Essentials is a free packaging of key technologies from the Oracle Application Development Framework that can be used to develop and deploy applications without licensing costs. Oracle ADF Essentials includes the following technologies:

•  Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client Components – a set of over

150 JSF components that simplify the creation of rich Web
user interfaces. Also included are the ADF Data
Visualization Tools.

• Oracle ADF Controller – an extension of the JSF controller

with a focus on building complete reusable process flows
and the ability to create dynamic regions with changing
content in Web pages.

• Oracle ADF Binding – a layer that provides a simplified way

to connect user interfaces to business services through metadata
abstraction layer.

•  Oracle ADF Business Components – a layer that simplifies

developing business services against relational databases by providing declaratively-configured, reusable components that implement common design patterns. Both of the free Oracle integrated development environments – Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse – provide specific features that simplify development with Oracle ADF through visual and declarative development experience. Oracle ADF Essentials 11.1.2.3 is provided with specific instruction and certification for deploying applications built
with it on the open-source Glassfish server. The ADF Essentials license doesn’t restrict deployment to a specific server

Customer Benefits:

Oracle ADF provides a complete Model-View-Controller framework for developing enterprise applications.

The solutions provided by the various layers of Oracle ADF reduce the amount of code developers need to write, which result in faster development cycles and an easier learning curve. Oracle ADF Essentials offers advanced innovative functionality allowing developers to build applications with richer functionality. Some of the key capabilities of Oracle ADF Essentials include:

• Ajax and HTML5 enabled UI components
• Reusable task-oriented controller layer
• Declarative binding of UI to business services
• Declarative relational database access layer

With the ability to deploy applications that are based on Oracle ADF Essentials to various servers, without paying a license fee, more developers can leverage the powerful Oracle Application Development Framework to speed up the creation of cutting edge applications.

Why is Oracle offering Oracle ADF Essentials for Free?

Oracle ADF Essentials is aimed at removing licensing barriers for adoption of the Oracle ADF technologies. With the ability to leverage the Oracle ADF functionality for production applications without incurring a license fee as well as the ability to deploy to open-source servers, more developers can adopt Oracle ADF as the base for their applications. Oracle believes that increased use of Oracle ADF can also help the

adoption and usage of Java in enterprise applications.

What is included in Oracle ADF Essentials?

Oracle ADF Essentials includes the following Oracle ADF components: Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client Components, Oracle ADF Controller, Oracle ADF Model and Oracle ADF Business Components.

The following functionality is not included in Oracle ADF Essentials, and requires the full Oracle ADF version – Oracle ADF Mobile, Oracle ADF Desktop Integration, Oracle ADF Security, The Oracle ADF Web service data control, Oracle ADF remote taskflows, Oracle ADF Business Component’s

Service Interfaces, Oracle ADF Data Controls for BI, Essbase and BAM, Integration with Oracle Fusion Middleware features such as MDS, OPSS, OWSM, Enterprise Manager and MBeans, High Availability and Clustering.

Which Servers can I deploy Oracle ADF Essentials on?

Deploying Oracle ADF Essentials applications is supported on Oracle WebLogic 11g, GlassFish 3.1, and WebSphere 7. However, from a licensing perspective there are no limitations on deploying on other Java EE server.

How can I secure applications built with Oracle ADF Essentials?

While Oracle ADF Essentials doesn’t include the ADF security framework, you can still build secure applications using regular Java EE security or other security frameworks for Java. To leverage the granular security offered by the ADF Security layer, you’ll need to have a license that covers deployment of

full Oracle ADF applications. 

How can I access Web services from Oracle ADF Essentials?

While Oracle ADF Essentials doesn’t include the declarative Web Service Data Control, you can still use the Java Bean data control to access Web services – simply create a proxy client Java class that accesses and interacts with your Web service and then expose that class as an ADF data control.

Can I get support for Oracle ADF Essentials?

You can get community support for Oracle ADF Essentials through the Oracle ADF discussion forum on OTN -https://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=83. Official support for Oracle ADF Essentials can be purchased from Oracle Support for a nominal price per-server.

Is Oracle ADF Essentials Open Source?

Neither Oracle ADF Essentials nor Oracle ADF are opensourced. However, customers with support contract for Oracle ADF can request a copy of the Oracle ADF Source code through Oracle Support. 

Is there a separate version of Oracle JDeveloper specifically for Oracle ADF Essentials?

No. The same version of JDeveloper is used to build both Oracle ADF Essentials applications as well as applications that leverage the full Oracle ADF.

Spotlight on Oracle Social Relationship Management. Social Enable Your Enterprise with Oracle SRM.

Facebook is now the most popular site on the Internet. People are tweeting more than they send email. Because there are so many people on social media, companies and brands want to be there too. They want to be able to listen to social chatter, engage with customers on social, create great-looking Facebook pages, and roll out social-collaborative work environments within their organization. This is where Oracle Social Relationship Management (SRM) comes in. Oracle SRM is a product that allows companies to manage their presence with prospects and customers on social channels.

Let's talk about two popular use cases with Oracle SRM.

• Easy Publishing - Companies now have an average of 178 social media accounts - with every product or geography or employee group creating their own social media channel. For example, if you work at an international hotel chain with every single hotel creating their own Facebook page for their location, that chain can have well over 1,000 social media accounts. Managing these channels is a mess - with logging in and out of every account, making sure that all accounts are on brand, and preventing rogue posts from destroying the brand. This is where Oracle SRM comes in. With Oracle Social Relationship Management, you can log into one window and post messages to all 1,000+ social channels at once. You can set up approval flows and have each account generate their own content but that content must be approved before publishing. The benefits of this are easy social media publishing, brand consistency across all channels, and protection of your brand from inappropriate posts.

• Monitoring and Listening - People are writing and talking about your company right now on social media. 75% of social media users have written a negative post about a brand after a poor customer service experience. Think about all the negative posts you see in your Facebook news feed about delayed flights or being on hold for 45 minutes. There is so much social chatter going on around your brand that it's almost impossible to keep up or comprehend what's going on. That's where Oracle SRM comes in. With Social Relationship Management, a company can monitor and listen to what people are saying about them on social channels. They can drill down into individual posts or get a high level view of trends and mentions. The benefits of this are comprehending what's being said about your brand and its competitors, understanding customers and their intent, and responding to negative posts before they become a PR crisis.

Oracle SRM is part of Oracle Cloud. The benefits of cloud deployment for customers are faster deployments, less maintenance, and lower cost of ownership versus on-premise deployments.

Oracle SRM also fits into Oracle's vision to social enable your enterprise. With Oracle SRM, social media is not just a marketing channel. Social media is also mechanism for sales, customer support, recruiting, and employee collaboration.