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NEW Pinch and Zoom (like Instagram)

A few weeks ago I published a blog post Pinch and Zoom like Instagram. Turns out I didn't properly test on iOS and the effect was flaky. Here is simpler and more efficient solution using only native JavaScript, no library involved like Hammer.js in my first blog

Rich animations for your APEX app

Very soon, a project that I've been working on over the past 2 years will go LIVE. It's a very special APEX app designed entirely for public use. That means anyone in the world will be able to use it. For free. No login required! The

Fetch API for Oracle APEX - Part 3: Security SIMPLIFIED

Fetch API for Oracle APEX - Part 3: Security SIMPLIFIED

Fetch API series: * Part 1: Basic Usage [https://vmorneau.me/using-javascript-fetch-api-in-oracle-apex/] * Part 2: Securing Endpoints [https://vmorneau.me/securing-the-fetch-api-for-oracle-apex/] * Part 3: Security SIMPLIFIED [https://vmorneau.me/fetch-api-part-3] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my last blog post, I explained how to make the Fetch API work against an APEX session using OAuth. I was

Fetch API for Oracle APEX - Part 2: Securing Endpoints

Fetch API for Oracle APEX - Part 2: Securing Endpoints

Fetch API series: * Part 1: Basic Usage [https://vmorneau.me/using-javascript-fetch-api-in-oracle-apex/] * Part 2: Securing Endpoints [https://vmorneau.me/securing-the-fetch-api-for-oracle-apex/] * Part 3: Security SIMPLIFIED [https://vmorneau.me/fetch-api-part-3] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a follow-up to my previous blog post: Using the Fetch API in Oracle APEX [https://vmorneau.me/using-javascript-fetch-api-in-oracle-ap

Fetch API for Oracle APEX - Part 1: Basic Usage

Fetch API for Oracle APEX - Part 1: Basic Usage

Fetch API series: * Part 1: Basic Usage [https://vmorneau.me/using-javascript-fetch-api-in-oracle-apex/] * Part 2: Securing Endpoints [https://vmorneau.me/securing-the-fetch-api-for-oracle-apex/] * Part 3: Security SIMPLIFIED [https://vmorneau.me/fetch-api-part-3] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fetch is a JavaScript API native to all browsers that allows you to make a request to a URL. That request returns

Pinch and Zoom like Instagram

As you scroll down Instagram or any other social media on your phone, you browse through countless pictures. Some of them are interesting enough that you want to look closer, given the size of the small screen. It's become intuitive for most people to "pinch" an

APEX as a PWA: The Complete Guide

APEX as a PWA: The Complete Guide

Covered Features * Installing the APEX app on a mobile device * Making the APEX app available offline * Syncing offline requests when getting back online * Sending push notifications Documentation * Part 1: Introducing Progressive Web Apps [https://vmorneau.me/apex-pwa-part1] * Part 2: Setup and Development Tips [https://vmorneau.me/apex-pwa-part2] * Part 3: JavaScript

How to Avoid a JavaScript Mess

How to Avoid a JavaScript Mess

> At Kscope18, I presented How to Avoid a JavaScript Mess at the #LetsWreckThisTogether talks [http://dietmaraust.com/odtug-kscope18-deep-dive-javascript-in-apex-do-it-the-right-way] . Here it is, turned into a blog post. We all want to write clean code. I was attending Mike Hichwa's session at Kscope18's Sunday symposium, and he

Using Font Awesome 5 Pro

Using Font Awesome 5 Pro

It's inevitable that APEX will update the icon libraries in the next release. I expect these two: - From Font Awesome 4 to Font Awesome 5 Free - From Font APEX to Font APEX HD Because APEX is pretty much redistributing Font Awesome, it has to use the

JavaScript async/await in APEX

JavaScript async/await in APEX

The following technique will change the way we write JavaScript very soon. If you're into JavaScript, you're gonna want to understand async/await. Prerequisites JavaScript Promises were introduced to solve many JavaScript problems such as the callback hell. async/await builds on top of Promises to

JavaScript Promises in APEX

JavaScript Promises in APEX

As I was reading the APEX 5.1 API documentation [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E71588_01/AEAPI/toc.htm] the other day, I noticed something pretty interesting under the apex.server [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E71588_01/AEAPI/apex-server-namespace.htm#AEAPI29509] namespace. apex.server.process and apex.server.

Using APEX Javascript Events

Using APEX Javascript Events

Dynamic actions are great, but sometimes I just want to code Javascript by hand in my code editor. In the official APEX documentation [https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59726_01/doc.50/e39149/javascript_api.htm#AEAPI266] , very little is said about APEX Javascript events. All we know is that

Basic Gulp with APEX

Update April-23-2016: Deprecated this package in favor of APEX Nitro [https://github.com/OraOpenSource/apex-nitro/]. Update Feb-28-2015: Added image optimization to the Gulpfile. Note: I have given a more interactive presentation in January 2015 at @InsumSolutions [https://twitter.com/InsumSolutions] office about how to integrate Gulp in your APEX workfow.