APEX 5.0 Early Adopters release available

This morning (for us on CET) brought a surprise from the developers over at Oracle Application Epress headquarters. The Early Adopters release for APEX 5.0 has been made available to the public.
On https://apexea.oracle.com you can request access to the environment. After approval you can start testing all the new features for the upcoming version of APEX.

There are many things to discover, but the most obvious one is the new Grid Layout Page Designer, that allows for more drag&drop design of your application.

APEX 5.0 Page Designer

When first starting to work with the new layout editor, I had to get used to it. But it looks like a step forward and I’m sure it will help developers in creating their application faster and easier.

I’m curious to see what more there is to find.