From Concept to Component: efficient Template Component development
United Codes Live
Philipp Hartenfeller
25-09-2024
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Philipp Hartenfeller
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Oracle APEX Dev since 2016
- Product Lead at United Codes
- WebDev and Databases
How we developers see data
How users want to see data
- No table, engaging lists
- Not always label: value
- Images
- Not opening hours but open/closed until
- Useful styles: font-sizes, bold, colors, icons, backgrounds
What about label: value?
"Labels are a last resort" - Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger,
Refactoring
UI
Template Components make this easy
- Plug-In Type (since 23.1)
- No PL/SQL required
(just frontend → HTML/CSS/JS)
- Easy to use in Apps → Query and map cols to fields
- Interactive Report columns (partial)
- Own region (multiple)
- Sharable as all the other plug-ins
Generate HTML
- ChatGPT comes already with HTML CSS
- Or ask for it:
- Generate a complete html template including CSS styles for following list component description: ...
Thank you!
Questions? Feedback?
Contact me: philipp@united-codes.com
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