In my short DOAG video, I opined that the APEX community wants to be cool. Many APEX developers took umbrage at that.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be cool. But as Oracle developers, we must realize we start at minus 10 on the coolness scale.
Oracle has never been a first mover in development tools, and have never made any serious effort to promote their tools. That’s a major reason why Oracle is seen as uncool in the wider developer community.
However, using cool tools is beside the point. Being an Oracle developer is about solving a real business problem in the fastest possible way. Historically, we used Oracle Forms for that. Today, many use APEX. Some use Oracle ADF, and some are starting to use Oracle JET.
What I like about the Oracle community is the focus on solving real problems, even with “uncool” tools. And that is cool.
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