The natural consequence of the release of SAP NetWeaver Gateway was a need to choose a communication protocol that could be handled by the new system. Since the main idea behind the Gateway was to enable non-SAP solutions to easily communicate with the SAP system, without knowledge of Advanced Business Application Programming Objects (ABAP) coding or the database structure, the protocol had to be light, fast, and accessible. Coincidentally, parallel to the development of the Gateway, the first version of Microsoft's Astoria project was also introduced, which fit these needs. SAP joined the efforts with Microsoft and several other companies in an attempt to improve this standard, and eventually, this led to what is now known as OData. The OData protocol was then submitted to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards...
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Overview of this book
Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) is an established and complex programming language in the IT industry. This book is designed to help you use the latest ABAP techniques and apply legacy constructions using practical examples.
You'll start with a quick refresher on language and database concepts, followed by agile techniques for adding custom code to a modern ABAP system. After this, you will get up to speed with the complete ABAP toolset for importing data to and from different environments. Next, you'll learn how to print forms and work with the different ABAP tools for Extensible Markup Language (XML) manipulation. While covering further chapters, you'll gain insights into building stunning UI5 interfaces, in addition to learning how to develop simple apps using the Business Object Processing Framework (BOPF). You will also pick up the technique of handling exceptions and performing testing in ABAP. In the concluding chapters, you can look forward to grasping various techniques for optimizing the performance of programs using a variety of performance analysis tools.
By the end of this book, you will have the expertise you need to confidently build maintainable programs in Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP).
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Preface
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Creating Custom Code
The Basic Structure of ABAP
Database Access in ABAP
Import and Export to Document Formats
Exposing Data to Print Forms
ABAP and XML
Building User Interfaces
Creating Stunning UI5 Interfaces
Business Object Processing Framework
Modification and Customization Techniques
Handling Exceptions in ABAP
Testing ABAP programs
Advanced Techniques in ABAP Objects
Integrating SAP with Third-Party Systems
The Background Processing of ABAP Programs
Performance and Optimization of ABAP Code
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