ABAP Programming: Official Tutorials, Community & Resources

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Learn about the platform behind the ABAP language and its powerful cababilities. Get to know the wide range of technology highlights for modern application development of ABAP-based business applications.

ABAP for newbies

What ABAP technology is all about? Get the overview of the platform highlights, core concepts and all basic knowledge you need to get ready for your first development steps in ABAP.

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Modern ABAP development

The modern ABAP language allows you to write simple and concise source code. You can efficiently create cloud-ready, SAP HANA-optimized business apps in SAP S/4HANA using the ABAP programming model for SAP Fiori, based on recent and proven technologies like Core Data Services, Business Object Processing Framework and OData.

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ABAP in the Cloud

SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment is SAP's Platform as a Service (PaaS). It offers ABAP developers the ability to use their traditional, on-premise ABAP know-how to develop and run ABAP applications in the SAP Cloud Platform – either as an extension to SAP software or as standalone applications.

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Developer efficiency and quality assurance

Superior open and extensible toolset for full-fledged ABAP development in Eclipse, advanced quality assurance tools and support for SAP HANA migration, SAP S/4HANA conversion, test, troubleshooting, test seams and injections, unit testing static code checks (CVA, ATC) and runtime monitoring (SQL Monitor, SQL Trace).

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Real-time programming and industrial IoT

ABAP Channels and ABAP Daemons facilitate real-time user experience in ABAP especially for event-driven, interactive and collaborative use cases. Industrial IoT scenarios, based on direct communication between shop-floor devices and ABAP systems are ensured through native support of WebSockets and TCP/IP connectivity within ABAP Channels.

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Extensibility

Broad spectrum of capabilities that allows SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite customers and partners to adapt standard business software to their business needs. It ranges from business configuration, full-blown and key user in-app extensibility - like UI adaptation, custom fields and logic - to side-by-side extensibility through SAP Cloud Platform.

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Under the hood

Summary matrix

Feature	Details
Application Server	Highly scalable and robust, multi-layer architecture, powerful transaction management, central server-based development and runtime environment, built-In vendor independent database support
Lifecycle Management	Integrated Source Code and Version Management, comprehensive Change and Transport Management (CTS) for the whole system landscape (with CTS+ even for ABAP and non-ABAP objects in one transport), support for time saving upgrade, and installation of Support Packages, Add-ons, and Enhancement Packages
User Centricity	On every device, socially-oriented, highly interactive, browser based SAP Fiori, SAPUI5. Web Dynpro ABAP / FPM, and SAP GUI
Modern ABAP Programming	Simplified, expression-oriented, modern ABAP language with advanced table operations
Common Data Model	One data model, ABAP managed Code Pushdown: SQL and Core Data Services (CDS), SAP HANA breakout scenarios
Developer Efficiency	Secure, high code quality, agile and test-driven development: ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse, ABAP Unit, ABAP Workbench
Event-driven Programming	Real-time processing, no more polling, collaboration: ABAP Channels
Application and UI services	Efficient ABAP RESTful programming model for SAP HANA optimized SAP Fiori apps: CDS, BO programming, OData services and more
Quality Assurance	Functional and formal correctness, robustness, troubleshooting: ABAP code analysis and test tools. ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC), SQL Monitor and more
Security	SAP Single Sign-On, SAP Identity Management, Unified Connectivity (UCON), Code Vulnerability Analyzer (CVA), Read Access Logging and more
Extensibility	API factored and surfaced in the cloud, full-blown and key user in-app extensibility, side-by-side extensions with SAP Cloud Platform
SAP S/4HANA conversion	Effective custom code analysis and migration processes using ABAP tools
Industrial IoT	Direct communication with sensors/machines: Support of native TCP/IP protocols using ABAP Push Channel

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SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.51 SP02 Developer Edition on ASE (Download)

The AS ABAP developer edition lets you try out the ABAP language and toolset. It is extensively pre-configured with Fiori launchpad, SAP Cloud Connector, SAP Java Virtual Machine, pre-configured backend /frontend connections, roles, and sample applications. It also includes all the standard ABAP AS infrastructure: Transaction Management, database operations / persistence, Change and Transport System, SAP Gateway, interoperability with ABAP Development Toolkit and SAP WebIDE, and much more. This version provides a developer edition as a download.

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.51 SP02 (CAL)

The AS ABAP developer edition lets you try out the ABAP language and toolset. It is extensively pre-configured with Fiori launchpad, SAP Cloud Connector, SAP Java Virtual Machine, pre-configured backend /frontend connections, roles, and sample applications. It also includes all the standard ABAP AS infrastructure: Transaction Management, database operations / persistence, Change and Transport System, SAP Gateway, interoperability with ABAP Development Toolkit and SAP WebIDE, and much more. This version is available as a virtual appliance on the SAP Cloud Appliance Library (CAL) in two flavors : AS ABAP 7.51 SP02 on HANA 2.0 and AS ABAP 7.51 SP02 on ASE 16.0.

ABAP Development Tools

The ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver are SAP’s state-of-the-art IDE for ABAP development on the open Eclipse platform. They are designed to increase developer productivity by combining SAP’s ABAP application server capabilities - lifecycle management, server-based development paradigm, full integration, testing and troubleshooting tools – with the usability, speed, and flexibility of the Eclipse platform. They also provide a modern Eclipse UI client on top of the ABAP platform. The ABAP Development Tools integrate easily with other development tools (SAP HANA Studio, SAPUI5 SDK) on the open Eclipse platform.

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