ADF - Stands for Application Development Framework.Oracle ADF mainly provides a rich commercial java framework for developing enterprise application, though it has many other features also.License: The Oracle Application Server licence includes a component for a licence fee for Oracle ADF. This means that all users who have purchased an Oracle Application Server licence may use Oracle ADF for free. Users who want to deploy ADF to a third-party application-server can purchase an ADF runtime licence at their local Oracle sales office. users can develop and test Oracle ADF applications free of charge declaratively within Oracle JDeveloper.
Oracle Corporation purchased Weblogic in June 2008, and thus no longer regards it as a third-party application-server, so ADF is included in every Weblogic license
Knowledge Required: To start with ADF one must have conceptual knowledge of JAVA. If not with JAVA at least concept of Object Oriented Programming is required.
Start With ADF:To start with Oracle ADF one must download latest version of JDeveloper from Oracle Technology Network. The link is
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/downloads/index.html. The user should choose JDeveloper with ADF here.
The latest versions of JDeveloper come with Integrated Weblogic Server also. So the application developed with Jdeveloper can be tested here also.
The ADF developer guide can be found in the Documentation Tab of above link.
