23
Other Comparisons
•Prebuilt components – ADF Faces
–Forms has 22 (8 of which are drawing shapes)
–ADF Faces has over 100 (some are not visual)
•Development experience
–Forms = declarative and visual with some PL/SQL
–ADF Faces = declarative and visual with some Java (and Expression Language)
–JHeadstart = declarative only
•Future
–Forms’ future is solid – support to 2012
•Functionally stable, no new features
•Still part of Oracle Applications (E-Business Suite)
–ADF Faces – very new technology
•Nothing in J2EE lasts very long
•J2EE is Oracle’s focus
–JHeadstart
•Has rapidly growing following
•Makes sense for Forms developers