The big news about Oracle APEX from OOW is not so much about what, but more about when. Much to many people's disappointment, APEX 5.0 is still going to be a few months out. The "official" release date has been updated from "calendar year 2014" to "fiscal year 2015". For those not in the know, Oracle's fiscal year ends on May 31st, so that date represents the new high-water mark. Despite this bit of bad news, there were a number of bits of good news as well. First of all, there will be an EA3. This is good because it demonstrates that the team has been hard at work fixing bugs and adding features. Based on the live demonstrations that were presented, there are some subtle and some not-so-subtle things to look forward to. The subtle include an even more refined UI, complete with smooth fade-through transitions. I tweeted about the not-so-subtle the other day, but to recap here: pivot functionality in IRs, column toggle and reflow in jQuery
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