1. Building Responsive Applications with Visual Builder Studio
  2. Get Started
  3. Create Visual Applications
  4. Create a Workspace
  5. Create a Workspace Without an Environment

Create a Workspace Without an Environment

Workspaces almost always require an environment against which you develop and deploy your application—but you can create a workspace without an environment simply to explore VB Studio's visual development capabilities within the Designer.

Note:

When your workspace doesn't have an environment, you won't be able to create business objects or deploy (share and publish) your app—though you can click Publish in the header to merge your changes to the default branch (main) in the project's Git repository. To explore VB Studio without any restrictions, you need to add a Visual Builder instance to your VB Studio instance's environment.

To create a workspace without an environment:

  1. On the Organization page, select the project where you want to create a visual application.
  2. In the left navigator, click Workspaces Workspaces.
  3. On the Workspaces page, click New, then select New Visual Application.
  4. In the New Visual Application dialog, enter a name for the workspace.
  5. Select No environments as the Development Environment.

    Note:

    If this option isn't available to you, it means that this functionality has not been enabled in your environment. File a service request with Oracle Cloud Support.
  6. If you want to use a template other than the default VB application template, click Change Template in Visual Application Template. The default application template does not create any artifacts, apps, or other resources. Other templates might create resources or apps that already include artifacts.
  7. In Git Repository, choose between creating a new repository where you and others can work on the visual application, and using a private scratch repository that is visible only to you.
    • To create a new repository for your visual application, click Create new repository, then enter a repository name and working branch name.
    • To use a scratch repository for your visual application, click Use scratch repository (selected by default).
  8. Click Create.
When your visual application workspace opens in the Designer, you can start to create your web app, define a service connection to access data, design your app's pages, and preview the app as it would appear to users.