
Oracle APEX Globalization and Translation
Learn how Oracle APEX adapts to languages and regions, from format masks and time zones to text message-based translation.
Oracle APEX (Application Express) is a low-code development platform for building scalable, secure enterprise applications. It allows developers to quickly create web-based applications using a browser-based interface, reducing the need for extensive hand-coding.
For a more structured learning journey, you can also explore the Oracle APEX Roadmap for a sequential path through related concepts, features, and development topics.

Learn how Oracle APEX adapts to languages and regions, from format masks and time zones to text message-based translation.

Learn how Oracle APEX reads data beyond its own tables, from REST data sources and file imports to JSON relational duality views.

Learn how to get data out of Oracle APEX as files, from report downloads to formatted PDFs built with APEX_DATA_EXPORT and remote print servers.

Learn how shared lists of values, plug-ins, shortcuts, and component settings keep an Oracle APEX application consistent and easy to change.

Learn how to change the look of an Oracle APEX application with theme styles, Theme Roller, and template options, without writing CSS.

Learn how to control what users may do in Oracle APEX with authorization schemes and roles, and how to secure the application as a whole.

Learn how authentication works in Oracle APEX, from scheme types and the login page to a secure custom scheme, social sign-in, and session settings.

Learn how Oracle APEX navigation works, from lists and templates to grouped menus, navigation bar badges, and breadcrumb hierarchies.

Learn the shared components that hold application-wide logic in Oracle APEX: items, processes, computations, settings, and build options.

Learn where JavaScript and CSS belong in Oracle APEX, how to use the apex JavaScript API, and how to share code through static application files.

A complete guide to Oracle APEX dynamic actions, from events and conditions to Set Value, Refresh, server-side code, and the new message actions.

Learn how Ajax works in Oracle APEX, from callback processes and apex.server.process to returning JSON and following background jobs.

A guide to Oracle APEX page processes, covering execution points, Execute Code, Invoke API, file downloads, and background execution chains.

Learn how Oracle APEX validations check submitted data, from expression and error-text types to grid row validation and message placement.

Understand how Oracle APEX session state stores item values, and how to read them with bind variables, substitution strings, and computations.

A guide to navigation in Oracle APEX, covering button actions, menu buttons, trigger actions, branches, friendly URLs, checksums, and modal dialogs.

A complete guide to Oracle APEX page items, covering every item type, the properties they share, lists of values, cascading lists, and image uploads.

Learn how to build map regions with layers and heat maps, calendars colored by status, and hierarchical trees in Oracle APEX.