Foreword

Oracle Application Server 10G is an integrated suite of middleware technology designed to help you build Enterprise Applications, Web Sites and Web Services, Enterprise Portals, Business Processes, Business Intelligence, and other systems. To help understand how to get started with the product and to best exploit its technological capabilities, you need to have the advise of experts who have worked for years with Oracle Application Server and Middleware Technologies to implement both simple and complex solutions for real world customers. Bradley Brown and Chris Ostrowski are among the foremost experts on Oracle s technology in the world. Their book brings their real world expertise in using Oracle Application Server to you. They not only provide insight on how to get started with it but they have incorporated many very valuable best practices and examples for advanced users.

This book covers a wide range of topics, including: Oracle Application Server 10g Architecture, Oracle Forms 10g, Oracle Reports 10g, Oracle Discoverer 10g, OracleAS Portal, Oracle JDeveloper 10g, and other Java-based technologies like XML and Web Services.

This is the best and most comprehensive book that I have seen on Oracle Application Server 10G and it should be invaluable help to you as you use the product.

Thomas Kurian
Senior Vice President
Oracle Server Technologies Division