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ADF, Forms und .NET - Alles vereint in einer Handheld Scanner App bei Volkswagen

Madi Serban David Christmann PITSS Volkswagen


Madi Serban Product Manager PITSS.CON PITSS GmbH

David Christmann Projektleiter Versandsysteme ATLAS Dezentral TOMCADS Carrier Portal VOLKSWAGEN AG

About Us

Forms Migrations Project Manager ADF & APEX Team Leader Coaching, Training


Managing and Modernizing Oracle Forms and Reports Worldwide

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About PITSS

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http://www.volkswagen.de/de.html

About Volkswagen

http://www.volkswagen.de/de.html


About the Application

Challenges: Big Forms application that needs to run on

supported platforms

Part of modules need to run on legacy hardware: Windows CE 5.0 barcode scanners of various types

Forms 11g does not run on Win CE 5 devices Maintaining the old INPs only for the mobile

devices was not an option

Modernizing Mobile Forms INPs

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Mobile Win CE Barcode Scanners

DB

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Forms 11g

Desktop Forms applet

FMBs, PLLs, OLBs

Forms 3.0


The Future of Forms Applications

Where do companies usually decide to migrate Forms?

Forms 11g quick, risk-free software/ hardware compatibility use existing skills fewer Forms developers

ADF

Forms 2/3/6i…

APEX

Any-GUI

Java/ Oracle strategy few Java developers know PL/SQL plenty of Java developers

PL/SQL skills transaction model changes

mostly compatibility reasons developers not understanding Forms

Why? Any Issues?


The Future of Forms Applications

Initial technology choice at Volkswagen

Forms 11g quick, risk-free software/ hardware compatibility use existing skills fewer Forms developers

ADF

Forms 2/3/6i…

APEX

Any-GUI

Java/ Oracle strategy few Java developers know PL/SQL plenty of Java developers

PL/SQL skills transaction model changes

mostly compatibility reasons developers not understanding Forms

Why? Any Issues?

Forms 11g upgrade project was a nice PITSS.CON 12 routine.. So we‘ll tell you about the mobile part:


Project Start for Modernizing the Mobile Forms Modules

Same excellent performance Hot-Key functionality Support for new and old devices Support for Win CE 5.0 operating system Architecture to minimize future migration efforts Modern user interface Kiosk/ App Mode Functional extensions

And… Minimal time budget: 2 months Maximum quality

Requirements/ Challenges

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Mobile Win CE Barcode Scanners

DB

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pp

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Forms 11g

Desktop Forms applet

FMBs, PLLs, OLBs

Forms 3.0


Our Technology Options for the UI

Oracle ADF 11g Mobile Overview

“…HTML5 and Java-based mobile application development framework that enables developers to build and extend enterprise applications for iOS and Android from a single code base. Based on a hybrid mobile architecture, ADF Mobile supports access to native device services, enables offline applications and protects enterprise investments from future technology shifts. Oracle ADF Mobile is part of Oracle ADF, the strategic, standards based framework for Oracle Fusion ...”

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/learnmore/adfmobilefaq-1866697.pdf

Our options for Mobile Application Development - Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client Components - Oracle ADF Mobile Browser – compatibility!!







Business Services

Data Services

Model

Controller

View

3


Oracle ADF 11g

Supported Mobile Browsers and Features Browser JavaScript Support CSS Support PPR Support

BlackBerry version 4.6 and later

Yes Yes Yes

Blackberry versions 4.2 through 4.5

No Yes No

Microsoft Windows Mobile 5

Yes Yes Yes (with nuances)

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6

Yes Yes Yes

Apple iPhone Safari

Yes Yes Yes

Nokia s60 series

Yes Yes No

Plain HTML (Opera Mini, Opera Mobile and Skyfire)

No Yes No

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35521_01/web.111230/e16178/pda_ovrv.htm#sthref8

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35521_01/web.111230/e16178/pda_ovrv.htm


Top Issues ADF Mobile Browser needs

JavaScript for function keys. JavaScript browser not available for Windows CE 5.0

ADF Mobile not supported for Windows CE 5.0

Our Technology Options for the UI - The Win CE JavaScript Problem

The research process took 2 weeks!!! => 6 weeks left for migration!!


The Solution

Thin client Key-Functions Full-screen (Kiosk) Modern UI Compatible with existing devices Thick (90%) ADF + DB Preserve DB Communicate with the rest of the Forms

application Model Layer contains View Objects and

Methods (Business Logic) exposed as Web Services

Clie

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Mobile Win CE

DB

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pp

licat

ion

Ser

ver

ADF Business Components

View Objects

Methods

Web Services

.NET

Forms 11g

Desktop

Business Logic to DB

Forms applet

FMBs, PLLs, OLBs

Shared

Security

Our Technology Options for the UI


The Solution: Forms & ADF Server + .NET Client

.NET: • Compact Framework 2.0 SP 2.0 Web Services • JAX-WS • Login/ Authentication

ADF: • JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 • Weblogic: ADF Runtime 11.1.1.6

Database: • Oracle 11g • Packages created from Forms functionality

• Without unused objects • Grouping redundancies for easier maintenance • Cleaned from any global variables and global

transactions => connection sharing

Clie

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Mobile Win CE

DB

A

pp

licat

ion

Ser

ver

ADF Business Components

View Objects

Methods

Web Services

.NET

Forms 11g

Desktop

Business Logic to DB

Forms applet

FMBs, PLLs, OLBs

Shared

Security


The 6-weeks Migration Work

Our solutions for managing time : Make accurate estimations Avoid surprises, at least the bad ones How: analyze in detail to know exactly what to do, use analysis tools But avoid paralysis by analysis Have and follow a clear process plan

Biggest Challenges: TIME = Meeting the End April Deadline INTEGRATION


PITSS.CON Forms Modernization Process

Analysis Cleaning

Unused Obj., Redundancies

Business Logic to Database

Forms 11g

Forms11g Upgrade & Test

SOA SOA SOA

Phase 2: 11g Upgrade Phase 1: Forms Preparation

ADF 11g Migration

Model Layer Fine-tuning

Phase 3: Migration Phase 4: Application Fine-tuning

SOA

ADF Architecture & Estimation

SOA

User Interface Enhancing

UI Business Logic Redesign

Integration

& Test

Phase 5 ADF

Any Forms version

APEX Migration

Data Management Fine-tuning

SOA

APEX Architecture &

Estimation

SOA

User Interface, Navigation, Processes


Integration

& Test

APEX

Any-GUI

Data Management Fine-tuning

User Interface, Navigation, Processes


Integration

& Test

PITSS.CON Re- Engineering

Documentation

Iterations

Quality Assurance

Technology Co-Existence


Analysis Tools: FMB Navigation Flow (generated with PITSS.CON)

List of Modules: Initial list of FMB modules

Modules added at kick-off

Modules added after the navigation flow analysis

Navigation = Call_form, open_form…


Making accurate Time Estimations

Challenge: How to put numbers

behind individual modules?

Forms Modules vary in size

Modernization tasks vary in complexity among

projects

Know-how varies among project teams

PITSS.CON Complexity Analysis Report

Estimating total application complexity

Breaking down to individual modules

And individual project phases


In average, 30% of Forms objects are unused or redundant

Who dares to touch a running system?

deleted unused objects

grouped similar code in libraries

moved data management to DB

Application Cleaning: PITSS.CON Unused Objects Analysis

Identifying and eliminating unused code from the start saves time and allows us to estimate work accurately. The Java/ .NET developer does not need to figure out what to do with that code.


Reducing Redundancies

Forms Objects/ Business Logic

→ Components Reuse → Modularity

30% match

100% match 70% match

100% match

70% match

50% match

Moving logic to DB is a good opportunity to consolidate code and avoid repetition. We identified redundancies with PITSS.CON and then consolidated in flexible, parameterized DB functions and procedures.


In typical Forms applications we can move easily 30% of the logic to DB.

In this project we moved 90%.

Architecture benefits:

reduced size, maintenance

increasing code reuse

Difficulty: separating DML from UI:

DML to DB

and UI to ADF/.NET

Business Logic to Database: PITSS.CON BL Assistant


Measuring and Controlling: Using Metrics

PITSS.CON Source Code Analytics


Analysis Tools: Data Management Flow (generated with PITSS.CON)

Time to generate manually: 1 day per FMB module => we implemented it as standard PITSS.CON feature and gained time

Vital analysis for ADF/ .NET developers

DB Tables

Blocks

Triggers

Functions procedures


How is the application looking like? What do end users think of the application?

1 2 3 4 5 6

Look & Feel

Performance

Quality

Maintenance


The classical question: Would we do it again?

YES!! Definitively! “Stressful? Yes. But clearly the most challenging and interesting project in the last years.” → Read our Article in

DOAG News 06/2013 PITSS Project Team (left to right): Madi Serban, Mathias Waedt, Rastislav Misecka, Bahar Us


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Zeit Raum Thema Referent

13.00 - 13.45 18 / Sydney Oracle Text – Ein vergessenes Feature in der Oracle DB Stephan La Rocca (PITSS)

15.00 - 13.45 20 / EG ADF, Forms und .NET – Alles vereint in einer Handheld Scanner App Madi Serban (PITSS), David Christmann

(Volkswagen)

16.00 - 16.45 8 / Helsinki Dein Blogreader – die Top 20 Artikel zu SQL & PL/SQL Stephan La Rocca (PITSS)

17.00 - 17.45 8 / Helsinki Multiprocessing in PL/SQL – Der Weg aus dem Single Thread Christian Wille (PITSS)

17.00 - 17.45 16 / Krakau Lesson Learned – Oracle Fusion Middleware Forms / Reports 11g Jan-Peter Timmermann (PITSS)

10.00 - 10.45 11 / Oslo Wie kann ich meine (bestehende) Forms GUI moderner gestalten? Daniel Kampf (PITSS)

11.00 - 11.45 11 / Oslo Forms nach APEX 101 – Kann alles migriert werden? Fallbeispiele &

Tests

Markus Salm, Nihad Haskovic (PITSS)

12.00 - 12.45 11 / Oslo Dynamische Mehrsprachigkeit für Forms & Report Ronald Steiner (PITSS)

13.00 - 13.45 19 / EG Test & Pimp my Forms Application Nils Baranowski (PITSS),

Dr. Jürgen Menge (ORACLE)

16.00 - 16.45 11 / Oslo Forms-Wissen trifft auf ADF Jan-Peter Timmermann (PITSS)

16.00 - 16.45 17 / Hongkong Experten-Panel: Mobile Computing Stephan La Rocca (PITSS),

Frank Nimphius (ORACLE)

13.00 - 13.45 15 / Prag Das ABC der Forms-nach-ADF Migrationen –

Beispiele & Live-Demo

Madi Serban, Bahar Us (PITSS)

16.00 - 16.45 12 / Istanbul Performance managen ohne Performance Management Pack Jan-Peter Timmermann (PITSS)

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PITSS Vorträge auf der DOAG 2013


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