ABAP development is done in the Eclipse IDE with custom ABAP tooling. If you haven’t installed Eclipse yet, download Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, install and launch the application now.

• In the Eclipse menu bar, select: Help > Install New Software…
• In the dialog box add the URL https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/neon (e.g. for Eclipse Neon 4.6)
• Press Enter to display the available features
• Select ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver and click Next
• On the next wizard page, you get an overview of the features to be installed. Click Next
• Confirm the license agreements and click Finish to start the installation

Switch to the ABAP perspective by clicking the Open Perspective button or using the menu: Window > Open Perspective > Other.

The Welcome Page might appear. It gives some general information about Eclipse. Click on the Workbench button to leave the Welcome Page.

Click Open Perspective button.

Then switch to ABAP Perspective by choosing ABAP in the list and clicking the OK button.

In the ABAP Perspective, the ABAP tools are ideally positioned in the IDE to facilitate your development tasks. Nevertheless you are free to rearrange all views and editors to your personal needs.

Open the File menu, select New and then click on ABAP Project. Choose the ABAP backend system from the list of SAP System connections and press the Next button.

Click Next on the Connection Settings dialog.

On the next screen enter your logon data and click the Finish button.

The ABAP Project has been created. It represents a system connection to your chosen SAP system.