The long waited Data Modeling functionality for Oracle SQL Developer is here. Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeling runs on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista, Linux and Mac OS X.
This is a first Early Adopter release, not a final product and I'm sure that the team behind the development, would appreciate all the feedback we can give them.

The day started too early after the big party the night before. It was that last day of OpenWorld 2008 and there were lots of people going home.
Session 1: Dispelling myths about Apex – John Scott
I surely didn’t expect to see a full room, being this session at 9 AM and having the big party the night before. I guess Jes is even more popular now that he has his own book :) I bought the book but

It was a big day… Larry Ellison’s keynote with the X thing , my presentation and the Appreciation Event.
I also had the opportunity to have preview demo of APEX 4.0 features at the Demo Grounds.
Session 1: Soup-to-Nuts RAD development using Oracle SQL Developer and APEX – Mike Hichwa, Kris Rice & David Peake, Oracle
I had lots of expectations for this session because of the new SQL Developer

The first session of the day was schedule to 11:30 AM. I had some free time that I used to get around and see what was happening.
I went to Moscone North and after blogging a bit on the couches, went to the Unconference section and then the bookstore. I couldn’t find John Scott’s Pro Oracle APEX book, but later at night he told me that the book was there, so maybe I’ll go to the bookstore

Today I have changed my agenda and attended two sessions that weren’t initially in my schedule. The first was the one presented by Dimitri Gielis about working charts in APEX and the second one was about mashups and integration with APEX by Simon Boorsma.
Before that I went to Moscone North to watch a bit of the keynote. You can’t believe the number of people that were there! The following

Today I had the chance to attend 4 sessions. Two of them were Hands on Labs from Oracle Develop. Also, it was nice to put some faces in the names I’m used meet on the net. I met Carl Backstrong, Joel Kallman, David Peake, Dimitri Gielis, Francis Minault, John Scott and Patrick Wolf.
Session 1: Hands-on Lab: Extending the Oracle Application Express Framework with Web 2.0 - APEX Development Team

Yes, that is right. This blog is one year old.
I thank all of you out there for coming around, reading what I want to say about APEX. Thanks a ton. I hope you will stick with me for the next year too.
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I’m in San Francisco for the Oracle OpenWorld 2008 where I’ll be participating in one of the official sessions under the title “Building Commercial Software-as-a-Service Applications with Oracle Application Express”.
I’ve arrived yesterday around 6:30 PM after a tiring 18 hours long trip. I’ve started at Oporto Airport where I took a plain to Lisbon, then Philadelphia and finally San Francisco.
