About Oracle Application Framework (OAF) â?? How to learn ?

Most of the Oracle E-Business Technical Consultants, find it difficult to learn : OAF, which is the core technical part of Oracle E-Business Suite.

Days are gone by, just knowing  SQL/PLSQL, Reports, Forms, Workflows is not enough.

As a technical consultant, we should be well versed with all the tools. As we are all aware that IT industry is getting automated and all the Oracle tools are based on Java (whether you like it or not) , its true.

I just want to share you that : the prerequisite for learning OAF, is just your willingness to learn.

Technically it just requires Core java logic for implementing business logic in OAF.

Dont get away from Java , as most of them feel it is complex, bore or nonsense. But you know 85% of Soft phones run on Java (Anroid), not only that even the Oracle Latest frameworks purely based on Java : Like ADF (Application Development Framework).

To start with learning OAF :  First know the basics of java

1. What is Class
2. What is Object
3. What is method
4. What are variables
5. What are java datatypes
6. What is Package (in Java)
7. How to create object
8. How to invoke a method in other class

You can use : NetBeans, Eclipse or Jdeveloper IDE to learn basic java.

Once it is done, you can start learning OAF, which requires 15 hours of training.

In the next post : i will share with some live samples on this basics. Let me know if you would like to know more info ?