abap in eclipse - benefit from the usability, speed and flexibility of the eclipse platform
DESCRIPTION
Overview presentation about the SAP ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver also known as ABAP in Eclipse (AiE). Talking about the history, strategic direction, installation, extensibility of the platform.TRANSCRIPT
ABAP in Eclipse
Benefit from the Usability, Speed and Flexibility of the Eclipse Platform
Eclipse a strategic direction for SAP
Eclipse based Development Tools:
• SAP HANA• SAP HANA Cloud• ABAP• SAP NetWeaver Gateway (Client Dev.)• SAPUI5• SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio• SAP Visual Composer
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ABAP in Eclipse History
• SAP Internal DemoJam Winner 2007
• 2009 Begin to move ABAP Tools to the open Eclipse Platform
• June 2012 release of the "ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver"also known as ABAP in Eclipse (AiE)
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ABAP in Eclipse Architecture
AiE is Extensible using the SDK for AiESAPlink smartDevelop
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Front end system requirement
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Eclipse Platform Juno, version 4.2 or higher
Operating System Windows OS (XP, Vista, or 7) 32- or 64-Bit, orApple Mac OS X 10.6, Universal 64-Bit, orLinux distribution
Java Runtime JRE version 1.6 or higher, 32-Bit or 64-Bit
SAP GUI For Windows OS: SAP GUI for Windows 7.20, patch level 9 or higherFor Apple Mac or Linux OS: SAP GUI for Java 7.20, revision 6 or higher
Microsoft VC Runtime
For Windows OS: DLLs VS2010 for communication with the back-end system is required.
Back end system requirements / features
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NW 7.31 SP4
NW 7.31 SP5
NW 7.31 SP6
NW 7.31 SP7
NW 7.4 SP2
Debugger (* = with 7.21 Kernel) X* X* X* X* X
ABAP Test Cockpit X X X
Profiler X
WebDynpro ABAP Tools X X
FPM Integration X
ABAP for HANA Tools X
Refactoring: Global Renaming X X X
Support for ABAP Doc X
Connectivy & Integration Tools X
ABAP in Eclipse Installation
Eclipse Update Sitehttps://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#abap
Demo Screencastor
Download from SAP Service Marketplacehttp://service.sap.com/patches
- Search - EclipseSAP Note 1856574:RTC of ABAP development tools for SAP NetWeaver 2.7
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Connect ABAP in Eclipse to ABAP backend
• Backend must be maintained in SAP Logon• Connection to backend is represented as a project• Demo Screencast
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ABAP in Eclipse - Live Demo
• Quick fixes• Using templates• ABAP Doc• ABAP Unit tests• Code coverage• Debugging• Profiling• Refactoring• SAPlink for AiE
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Takeaways
• Eclipse is the strategic direction of SAP• Requirements to use AiE• Overview of the functionality• Use SAPlink in Eclipse to install code from SAP Code Exchange
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