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Visual Studio Code – Oracle Plugins

26 Tuesday Apr 2022

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Oracle’s product portfolio is significant, from databases (obviously) to GraalVM to a cloud platform capable of competing with GCP, AWS, and Azure. This means locating the Oracle-provided plugins, or community ones can get messy. Depending on your perspective Oracle Developer Plugins could relate to Java and GraalVM or Oracle Database.

As broad as the portfolio, is the Oracle details regarding the plugins. So the following two tables represent what we’ve identified as Oracle-provided tooling, and the second table of plugins we’ve used when working on Oracle-based solutions from the community.

Name / Plugin SearchDescription / Additional DetailsRelated resource links
search:Oracle Labs
This will return all the Oracle plugins related to GraalVM		There are several different extensions covering GrallVM
– GraalVM Tools for Java
– GraalVM Extension Pack for Java (the name here is a little miss leading as there is support for JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R)
– GraalVM Tools for Micronaut
– PointTo-SourceLine
The extension packs also helps bring of SOA journey,		GraalVM.org
micronaut
Oracle Developer Tools
(PL/SQL & Oracle Database)
Provider is Oracle Corporation		This extension enables editing and execution of SQL and PL/SQL for Oracle Database and Oracle Autonomous Databasehttps://www.oracle.com/
database/technologies
/appdev/dotnet/
odtvscodequickstart.html
Oracle JET corelibrary of UI elements that form part of a web UI.Udemy training
Oracle NetSuiteSuiteCloud Extension for Visual Studio Code is part of the SuiteCloud Software Development Kit (SuiteCloud SDK), a set of tools to customize your NetSuite accounts.Netsuite dev blog
Oracle Provided Plugins

Name / Plugin SearchDescription / Additional DetailsRelated resource links
OCI Policy LanguageThis extension is a language highlighter for OCI Policies.
CPQ DevKitCPQKit™ is a website built to augment Oracle CPQ Cloud system’s functionalityhttps://www.cpqkit.com/
ApexIntelliSenseIntellisense for APEX
Docker
YAMLProvides comprehensive YAML Language support to Visual Studio Code, via the yaml-language-server, with built-in Kubernetes syntax support.
KubernetesThe extension for developers building applications to run in Kubernetes clusters
Language Support for JavaSupports Java 11 onwards
GitHub ActionsGithub actions is a means by which actions like commits to github trigger external infrastructure to perform actions such as creating application binaries.
Regexp Explainhelp to evaluate and develop regular expressions

Knowledge Resources from Oracle

05 Tuesday Apr 2022

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Before joining Oracle I used to typically refer to a couple of key resources from Oracle – docs.oracle.com, and occasionally developer.oracle.com and ateam-oracle.com. We’d obviously use cloud.oracle.com and the main oracle.com to be able to reference published stats, success references etc. Now I’m part of the company and working in the OCI product team with an outbound side of things, I needed to gem up on all the assets that exist. So that we can help contribute, and ensure that they are up to date etc. In doing so, the number of resources available is so much more than I’d realized.

Upon reflection, this may have been from the fact we didn’t drill down deeply enough, also in part that Capgemini has its own approaches and strategies as well.

This in part is linked to the organizational structures e.g. OCI Product Management’s outbound work overlaps with the Marketing Developer Relations, for example, something that is inevitable in an organization that provides such a diverse portfolio of products.

For my own benefit, and for others to exploit, the following table summarises the different areas of information. The nature of the content and – where content overlaps or is presented in different ways.

We’ve moved this content so it can be easily revised to here (and accessible from the site menu). But also available here …

oracle.com/goto/ …Domain AddressDescription
oracle.comThis is the commercial side of the Oracle content. But includes a landing page for a lot of Oracle knowledge/documentation.
docs.oracle.comThe home of the core Oracle documentation for all products.
/blogblogs.oracle.comThe members of this team are the ‘gurus’ of product applications. These cover a range of domains – structured in a similar way to blogs.oracle.com with different posts. These posts represent patterns and solutions to problems encountered by the team. How to, or not to implement things.
This can overlap with some blogs in so far as both product blogs and A-Team blogs may address how to leverage product features.
A-TeamDeveloper relations lead, which covers not only Oracle products but also the application of open source. By its very name, there is a strong emphasis on coding (rather than low-code) covering not just Java but .Net languages such as C#, Node, JavaScript, and so on.
There is some content overlap here with the Architectural Center, where Architecture Centre provides reference solutions.
/devdeveloper.oracle.comDeveloper relations lead, which covers not only Oracle products but also the application of open source. By its very name, there is a strong emphasis on coding (rather than low-code) covering not just Java, but .Net languages such as C#, Node, JavaScript, and so on.
There is some content overlap here with the Architectural Center, where Architecture Centre provides reference solutions.
/ref-archs
/playbooks
/deployed		docs.oracle.com/solutions
(AKA Architecture Center)		This is the Architecture Center which provides reference solutions. But these aren’t exclusive to the SaaS products (which would be easy to interpret). A lot of examples cover deploying and running open-source solutions on IaaS, for example, Drupal, WordPress, and Magento to name just a couple. A lot of these are backed up with scripts, Terraform, and code to achieve the deployment and configuration.
In addition to this, there are use cases of what customers have deployed into production (known as built and deployed).
docs.oracle.com/learn/This contains a lot of free tutorials and labs that can be taken a run to implement different things, from deploying a Python with Flask solution on Kubernetes to Creating USB Installation Media for Oracle Linux with Fedora Media Writer. As you can see from these examples, the tutorials cover both Oracle products and open source.
These resources interlink with the Architecture Centre and can overlap with developer.oracle.com.
/gh-devrelgithub.com/oracle-devrelThis contains the code artifacts developed by Developer Relations and the Architecture Center team. So covers Reference Architectures, tutorials, and Live Labs all freely available to use.
/gh-samplesgithub.com/oracle-samplesThis repository contains example solutions and Terraform logic developed by groups such as the A-Team.
/openopensource.oracle.comThis provides a catalog of links to the various open-source repositories available. This includes oracle-sample and devrel but also the many other projects including, but not limited to Helidon, Fn, Verrrazano, GraalVM, Apiary
/communitycommunity.oracle.com/hubThis is where a lot of the Q&A for Oracle Partners and users takes place. Community participation is gamified to encourage participation.
academy.oracle.comThis is really for the educational community (Universities, Colleges & Schools) and provides resources to take you from zero to certified skills for Java and Oracle Database.
education.oracle.comPrimarily for the formal Oracle certification resources, but there are some free training resources here as well.
/apexapex.oracle.comThis provides a catalog of links to the various open-source repositories available. This includes oracle-sample and devrel but also many other projects including, but not limited to Helidon, Fn, Verrrazano, GraalVM, Apiary
/gh-oraclegithub.com/oracleThis is the home for the majority of all Oracle free code, including the Open source projects such as Helidon, JET, Kubernetes Operators, and so on.
Helidon, Fn, and other source projectsAPEX has its own area of dedicated resources. This includes solutions, templates, other development resources, and community.
/youtubewww.youtube.com/oracleYouTube training videos. With multiple channels based on different technologies.
Java (OpenJDK and Oracle JDK)A number of Oracle open-source projects have their own independent web resources as well. Helidon includes additional technical resources.
The ones we know more about are :
Helidon, Fn, Verrrazano, GraalVM, Apiary
But it includes references to Java core language etc.
/paasPaaS CommunityManaged by Jurgen Kress (Prod Mgr for Oracle PaaS). It acts as an aggregator for contributions from the community and shares news about what is happening within Oracle to support customers and partners in the PaaS space.
Developer CommunityPartner site to the PaaS Community with a focus on more development activities around Weblogic, Helidon, etc.
Tutorials etc., relating to the use of Linux and related Cloud Native things such as Verrazano, OCNE (Kubernetes), etc.LunaOracle propel not just their main JDK /JRE, which has license constraints, but also Open JDK. With this comes a dedicated Developer zone as dev.java.
Oracle PodcastsPerhaps not access usable as documentation, how-to, etc. but Podcasts can yield a lot of broad picture insights. Oracle has a range of podcasts covering a diverse range of subjects. Not all podcasts are active at any one time. But the site provides a catalog and episode list.

New Challenge – New Job

21 Monday Mar 2022

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Those I interact with more regularly will know I have this last week started a new job. You could say I’ve followed a common path for Ace Directors that don’t have instrumental roles within a company and joined Oracle. But some things won’t change; my new role as Cloud Developer Evangelist means I will still be producing blog content. My writing will appear on Oracle’s websites through the Blog, Community, Developer, and Architecture parts of the site, plus potential contributing to other high profile sites. But We’ll continue to add posts here, including referencing contributions in other locations.

I will continue submitting papers/presentations to conferences and presenting. Hopefully, we’ll start to get out and see people whilst presenting as well.

This does mean a change to my Ace Director status, as I will become an Alumni of the community, and we’ll be updating logos etc. But I have developed many friendships and contacts within the ace community. Not to mention, I believe and value what the Ace Community does, so while I may not be officially part of the community anymore, I will endeavour to support my friends and the wider community.

Leaving Capgemini has been uncomfortable, as I have left behind many great people that I’ve enjoyed working with (although some of those have also preceded me into Oracle). But to do more of what I have learnt over the years as the most rewarding (talking and writing about applying technology to solve problems, sharing insights and knowledge), particularly as part of the Ace community, meant a need for a new challenge.

To those who have contributed and influenced my journey – as ever my thanks.

Presenting with Oracle, Flexagon and Heathrow Airport

11 Thursday Nov 2021

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We’re excited to be presenting on November 16th 4.30pm CET (3.30pm GMT). I hope you can join us by registering here

Heathrow rapidly moves to Oracle Cloud and connects with hybrid Integration.

The continuous delivery of constant small innovations can bring benefits faster without risks. Join us to hear how Capgemini’s Agile Innovation Platform (AIP) combined with Flexagon’s FlexDeploy DevOps platform enable this model of innovation and achieve tangible benefits to customers using the cloud capabilities and traditional on-premises ERP.

Phil Wilkins, Capgemini Integration Architect, and Dan Goerdt, President of Flexagon will describe how the combination are highly effective at delivering micro-innovation demonstrated through real-world customer results.

From this session, you will learn:

  • How the Agile Innovation Platform’s building blocks and templates allow development teams to reduce time to value.
  • How FlexDeploy brings unique benefits to both Open Source and Oracle-specific technologies.
  • What were the challenges solved and benefits gained by actual customers using AIP and FlexDeploy.
  • How Integration is the foundation of continuous delivery and innovation.

APIs more than a payload spec – Examples of Good APIs

31 Sunday Oct 2021

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I recently presented at APIWorld about how API definitions go beyond the payload specification into providing details of terms and conditions and so on. You can see the presentation here (more about my presentations here).

One of the questions during the presentation did I have other examples of good APIs, reflecting the points I’d made. A very valid question, to which I didn’t have more examples to hand, hence this post.

So the easy answer would be to point to an excellent article on Nordic APIs (here) that address the question and explain why they rate the APIs. But that’s a little bit of a lazy answer and in all fairness, the examples provided are from organisations where APIs are recognised as a primary or important contributor to business revenue. So I’ve looked at areas where the API may not necessarily be seen by the business as the primary source of revenue. With the examples provided, we’ve described what we think is good, or not so good about them. Hopefully, through these examples, you’ll see why points are made in the presentation. So here are my reviews…

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Automating OCI Tasks with OCI Python SDK #JoelKallmanDay

11 Monday Oct 2021

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This isn’t the first time I’ve written about the Oracle Cloud SDK (check here), but it seems rather fitting, as some of the utilities I’ve been working on are open to the community, and #JoelKallmanDay is all about community. If you’d like to know more about #JoelKallmanDay then checkout Tim Hall’s blog here.

Oracle have provided a very rich API and then overlaid it with a number of SDKs in Python, Java etc. The SDKs immediately remove the work of creating connections and correct payloads. Taking the Python SDK for example, all I need to do is create a standard configuration file with all the necessary connection properties to my OCI instance. Then it’s simply a case of creating the correct Python object for the correct group of services wanted. Then it’s down to populating the object attributes. This is the illustration of exactly what a good SDK does. I can lean on my IDE to use the correct set and get operators. The code for establishing a connection is done for me.

What I’ve found most striking is the level of consistency in the methods provided by the SDK regardless of the service. This makes it very easy to develop functionality without needing to check every API before I can write any code. it would be easy to say, so what. But when you look at the breadth of the OCI services it becomes more impressive.

The convenience doesn’t end there. Rather than having to run your utilities from a local command line (Python means we’re pretty much OS agnostic), the Oracle Cloud shell is preconfigured with Python, OCI SDK, GitHub and FTP server and basic Linux text editors. The all amounts to the fact that you can use your scripts/tools from within the web UI of OCI. Edit your credentials file locally, push and pull any changes to the scripts from the shell and any Git repo such as GitHub.

With this insight, we just need to build that catalogue of accelerator tools to make those repetitive processes just a little easier. For example ensuring that when you tear down your manually created services all interlinked entities are deleted first (which can be troublesome with policies, groups, compartments and so on).

Integration Cloud or SOA Suite?

02 Thursday Sep 2021

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A periodic conversation I get involved is the the relationship between Oracle’s SOA Suite and Integration Cloud. We’ve long held a view based on our conversations with Oracle product management.

There is a formal statement of direction for SOA Suite available ….

Click to access fusion-middleware-statement-of-direction.pdf

The bottom line as we read it:

  • SOA Suite isn’t going to be scrapped and customers will not be forced onto Integration Cloud.
  • Future changes are going to be on making transitions easier to the cloud, and a customer decision to adopt OIC.
  • Releases will focus on keeping things up to date and aligned with the underlying technologies from Java 8 to Java 11 as a long term release of Java. WebLogic version updates.
  • We’ll see mechanisms to cloud deliver integrations as the primary focus.
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Another post on blogs.oracle.com

19 Monday Jul 2021

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Just a quick post to say that I’ve had another post published over on Oracle’s blog site about Automating developer setup in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You can read it at: https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/post/automating-developer-setup-in-oci

Oracle Cloud + GitHub Actions

05 Monday Jul 2021

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While there is a deserved amount of publicity around the introduction of ARM compute onto OCI with the ARM Ampere CPU offering, and the amazing level of always free compute being provided (24GB of memory and 4 cores which can be used in any combination of servers). There have been some interesting announcements that perhaps haven’t drawn as much attention that they deserve. This includes OCI support for GitHub Actions, plus several new DevOps services and an Artifact Registry. We’ll comeback to the new services in another post. Today, let’s look at GitHub Actions.

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New and coming to a screen near you soon

31 Monday May 2021

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Last night saw the final chapter of Logging in Action with Fluentd go back to my editor. The next step is that Chapter (and others I hope) will go to MEAP, so early readers not only get the final chapter, but also the raft of improvements we’ve made. Along with that, the manuscript goes for a full peers review. Once that’s back, its time for a round of edits as I address the feedback then into copy editing and Manning sign off review.

As you might have guessed, we’ve kept busy with an article in the 25th edition of OraWorld. This follows Part 1 talking about GraphQL with a look at considerations for API Security.

In addition to that we’re working on a piece around automation of OCI management activities such as setting up developers, allowing them a level of freedom to experiment without accidentally burning through all your credits by spinning up Exadata servers or 500 node Kubernetes clusters.

We might even have some time to write more about APIs and integration.