Oracle Visual Builder: Applications That Outlive Their First Release · Module 17 · Quarterly updates and VBCS
Component and runtime versions
Lesson 166 of 176 · 3 min
What upgrading CHANGES, when you GET A CHOICE ABOUT IT, and THE DEPRECATION THAT BECOMES A REMOVAL. Some of what moves underneath you is on a schedule you can influence, and knowing which part is the difference between planning and reacting. WHAT UPGRADING CHANGES IS THE BEHAVIOUR OF THINGS YOU DID NOT WRITE. A component renders slightly differently, a default changes, an interaction behaves in a new way. Usually improvements, usually invisible, and occasionally a page that now looks or behaves wrong — Lesson 6's first failure. WHERE YOU GET A CHOICE, TAKE IT DELIBERATELY RATHER THAN BY DEFAULT. Being able to move at your own pace is genuinely valuable — it lets you test first and upgrade when you have time to look. AND THE TRAP IN HAVING A CHOICE IS STAYING BEHIND TOO LONG. Every version you skip is more change arriving at once when you eventually move,…
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