oracle forms

Oracle Forms is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool and runtime environment used for building highly customized, transactional business applications that interact with Oracle databases. It enables developers to create graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for data entry, querying, and…

Key facts

First appeared
1983
Category
database
Problem solved
Oracle Forms was created to dramatically simplify and accelerate the development of database front-end applications, particularly for data entry and querying, that interact with Oracle databases. It addressed the need to build interactive, transactional GUIs more efficiently than by coding entirely in procedural languages or 3GLs.
Platforms
Windows (Forms Developer), Web (client browser via JRE), Linux (Forms Server), Unix (Forms Server)

Related technologies

Notable users

  • Financial institutions using Oracle Database extensively
  • Government agencies with custom Oracle applications
  • Manufacturing and logistics companies utilizing Oracle platforms
  • Large enterprises with long-standing Oracle E-Business Suite implementations