dbax Database Application eXpress
MVC with PL/SQL
MVC allows great separation between logic and presentation. Take control of your application code (front-end and back-end).
Routing
Simple but powerfull url routing. The URLs generated by dbax are clean and search-engine friendly.
Modular and Lightweight
Choose which components you want to use. dbax has less than 300KB download, including some examples.
Excepcional performance
dbax has been developed on top of PL/SQL Web Toolkit, engineered with performance tuning in mind. It returns responses in a matter of milliseconds.
dbax is ready for Enterprise
Scale with the Oracle Database. Oracle RAC, Oracle Cloud and the In-Memory option.
Web standards
Friendly URLs, HTML5, CSS3 and Responsive Design, JavaScript and their libraries (AngularJS, ReactJS, whatever).
Fast development
Live changes, scaffolding, user session state, simple url routing, code generators (tapiGen2).
Open Source
dbax is Open Source. Not increase the cost of your Oracle database. Compatible with Free Oracle database Express Edition (XE).
Logging and tracing
Automatically record events and data about your application execution. Use it to identify software problems or live monitor.
Easy skill transition for existing Forms developers
Oracle Forms is no longer a strategic development tool. Upskilling and encourages your PL/SQL developers to a real web environment
Download dbax
Still in beta state. The latest is Version 0.2.1
Read the Manual
Clear and friendly doc. It contains an introduction, examples, and then reference documentation for the components that make up the framework.
View Community
dbax is a community-developed open source project, Get Support & Discuss Things.
Contribute
There are many ways to contribute to the dbax project, whether you are a developer or not.
Live Demo Applications
Working demos and sample code of applications made with dbax.