As a cookbook, this book enables you to create APEX web applications and to implement features with immediately usable recipes that unleash the powerful functionality of Oracle APEX 4.0. Each recipe is presented as a separate, standalone entity and reading of other prior recipes is not required. It can be seen as a reference and a practical guide to APEX development. This book is aimed both at developers new to the APEX environment and at intermediate developers. More advanced developers will also gain from the information at hand. If you are new to APEX you will find recipes to start development. If you are an experienced user you will find ways to work smarter and more easily with APEX and enhance your applications. A little knowledge of PL/SQL, HTML and JavaScript is assumed.