Oracle Forms Developer 11g - OAF - ADF ????

Hi
i am a newbie  in these terms and hence don't know much of the difference ....
I completed OCA developer and now i don't know what to choose next ???
what i have seen online about next certification path is
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=5001&get_params=p_exam_id:1Z0-151&p_org_id=&lang=
that is Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: Build Applications with Oracle Forms
also i saw some hype about ADF and OAF well being newbie i dont know what is the difference or either i can't find each of these in the Certification lists.
what i assumed is OAF is the same as Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: Build Applications with Oracle Forms
but where is the certification of ADF ??? any link 
also what to choose regardless of what i have in mind.
Thanks
Regards
Hassan Siddique

Hassan,
OAF is not forms and it's not ADF either. These are different products targeting different markets.
OAF (Oracle Application Framework - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Oracle Application Framework (OA Framework or OAF) is a proprietary framework developed by Oracle Corporation for application development within the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
ADF (Oracle Application Development Framework - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
In computing, Oracle Application Development Framework, usually called Oracle ADF, provides a commercial Java framework for building enterprise applications. It provides visual and declarative approaches to Java EE development. It supports rapid application development based on ready-to-use design patterns, metadata-driven and visual tools.
Forms (Oracle Forms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Oracle Forms is a software product for creating screens that interact with an Oracle database. It has an IDE including an object navigator, property sheet and code editor that uses PL/SQL. It was originally developed to run server-side in character mode terminal sessions. It was ported to other platforms, including Windows, to function in a client–server environment. Later versions were ported to Java where it runs in a Java EE container and can integrate with Java andweb services.
The primary focus of Forms is to create data entry systems that access an Oracle database.
For more information you can use google and search for "oracle oaf" or "oracle adf" or "oracle forms"
Timo

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