Digesting the ADF jargon - is it worth doing ?

Over the past 100 hours or so I have been trying to learn Oracle ADF framework offerings upon Fusion MiddleWare 11g.

FYI - Oracle ADF is something similar to .NET Framework that Microsoft develops.

Its been a trying experience. 2-Day presentation by Jeff Gallus covering around 440 pages of slides with two visual OBE sessions to develop RIA via ADF had all the bombardment required to go crazy.

Wonder if there is something missing or a gap created that people/framework development guys did OR is it a common feeling when one starts to learn a totally new technology all together.

Here goes the list of information amassed.
1. PDF's
2. Recording of presentation slides.
3. Project work spaces
4. Step by step instruction via a evernote .enx ( 2 )

Wonder , why people did not use the offerings of OS to achieve their tasks,( like why have a file browser component when OS provides it, Why do Pie charts from excel data ; when Excel itself offers some stuff to do the same; ) and went ahead creating their framework to get these running in a complex approach adding another layer. This not only demands hardware investment but also a learning curve.


Was it to illustrate and demo their knowledge on design patterns and their application. Only time can answer. For now you need to give yourself some time for the ADF jargon to sink and get back later learning more on J2EE and see more applications working on ADF.

Key take away points :

[1] The key to adding some would be to use some features in Jdeveloper which
eases your day to day work. ( i.e how technology impacts your daily life )

[2] The presentation slides ( keys ones ) would help in problem solving skills
better analyze data and flows.

[3] Voice recording help you into getting trained to make a speech and educate people.