Quick Tips for Oracle ADF 12c Certified Implementation Specialist (1Z0-419) Exam

I passed the ADF 12c Implementation Specialist Exam last month. Lot of people had queries on the pattern/study material etc., so thought to write a quick blog -

• The study material is same as Oracle ADF 11g Exam [D57350, D60499, D60501] though exam is much tougher than ADF 11g (I have cleared ADF 11g earlier as well)
• No new features or concepts in ADF 12c have been covered in the exam
• This is the best Oracle Exam I have given, totally conceptual, cringes you for time and challenges your concepts
• 87 questions in 120 mins with multiple choice questions, I took the entire time.
• Quite a few questions require you to choose the best option from all the right options :)
• Few questions have screenshots and questions are asked pertaining to them which I though was a great idea to check implementation experience
• If you have cleared the ADF 11g exam in the past and have got implementation experience, just a revision of the ADF 11g material should be good enough.
• Do not attempt this exam without having hands on in ADF, it's pointless :)
• Be very thorough on the ADF Lifecycle and ActionListener/ValueChangeListener order of execution, Nested AMs and transaction, DVT components, page templates, ADF BC; quite a few questions from there ! [D60501 is the guide to read for these]

Kudos to the certification team for such a comprehensive exam, I felt really happy on having cleared it !!

Useful links -
Exam Details and Topics (Cover all topics, questions from each are asked)
Study Guide details

Oracle Fusion Middleware : 11.1.1.x / 11gR1 Support

Your 11gR1(11.1.1.x) customer does not wish to upgrade to 11gR2 (11.1.2.x) or to 12c (12.1.x) as he probably is not too keen on the new features or is not excited about the cloud yet.

Well, what about support on 11gR1 ? This can be a major factor for upgrade apart from new features!

11.1.1.x Premier support ends June 2015
As per http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-middleware-069163.pdf page 36

Note there are three kinds of support - Premier Support, Extended Support and Lifetime Support.

The extended support may not support integrations with new third party vendors and the sustaining support does not include new fixes!

Typically premier support is for 5 years since the launch of the product, extended support for 2 more years and sustaining support thereafter.

What is Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) ?

 Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) was launched on June 30 , 2014. 

It is Oracle's latest mobile platform to develop hybrid mobile applications(which run on device and are built using web technologies like Java/ADF) and can be deployed to iOS & Android platforms.

It is basically an extension of ADF Mobile with a few additional features -

• Ability to develop using multiple IDE Tools like Eclipse(OEPE*) besides Jdeveloper.
• Additional AMX* components (totally 80 now) to develop mobile applications & provide a rich look & feel.
• Newly suppported ADF DVT* components like Sunburst & Timeline.[Demos]
• Supoort for Apache Cordova Plugins .
• Support for O-Auth & web-SSO for Security.
• Complete integration with Oracle Mobile Security Suite (OMSS) which is a part of Oracle IDM.
• Available Jdeveloper 12.1.3 onwards.
• Migration of existing ADF Mobile Applications is easy , just open application in new Jdeveloper !
• Licensing for Oracle MAF is now seperate ( per user per app or unlimited users per app).
• Higher reusability using Feature Archives (FARs) & custom components.
• Support for HTML5 and Javscript development.

Architecture ( Source : Oracle )

Resources

Announcement

Datasheet

Introduction video & videos for developers (by Grant Ronald)

Demos

Certification Matrix

Glossary
*  DVT - Data Visualization Components (Graphs/Charts etc)
*  OEPE - Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse
*  AMX - ADF Mobile XML