ABAP to the Future is backand better than ever! Looking for the latest in ABAP syntax? The code examples are fully refreshed. Need to start working in the cloud with the ABAP RESTful application programming model? Find all the details you need. Got a new IDE like SAP Business Application Studio? Well show you the ins and outs of your environment. From abapGit and ABAP2XLSX to SAPUI5 and Web Dynpro ABAP, this new edition has everything you need to be on the cutting edge!

Paul Hardy is a senior ABAP developer at Hanson Australia and has been working with SAP for almost 20 years. He has worked on SAP rollouts at multiple companies all over the world, which has given him experience in multiple modules and areas of SAP, from SAP NetWeaver PI to Ariba. He is also a regular presenter at SAP industry conferences and a prolific SCN blogger.

... Structure of the Book ... 24 ... The Example Application ... 28 1.1 ... Installation ... 33 1.2 ... ABAP-Specific Features ... 39 1.3 ... Eclipse-Specific Features ... 65 1.4 ... Testing and Troubleshooting ... 70 1.5 ... Customization Options with User-Defined Plug-Ins ... 77 1.6 ... The Future of IDEs for ABAP Development ... 85 1.7 ... Summary ... 96 2.1 ... Theory ... 100 2.2 ... Installation ... 101 2.3 ... Storing and Moving Objects ... 110 2.4 ... Dependency Management ... 122 2.5 ... Branching ... 125 2.6 ... abapGit for Customizing ... 141 2.7 ... Summary ... 142 3.1 ... Declaring and Creating Variables ... 147 3.2 ... String Processing ... 155 3.3 ... Calling Functions ... 156 3.4 ... Conditional Logic ... 160 3.5 ... Internal Tables ... 167 3.6 ... Object-Oriented Programming ... 188 3.7 ... Search Helps ... 193 3.8 ... Assorted ... 195 3.9 ... Summary ... 198 4.1 ... Types of Exception Classes ... 201 4.2 ... Designing Exception Classes ... 207 4.3 ... Design by Contract ... 224 4.4 ... Summary ... 232 5.1 ... Eliminating Dependencies ... 235 5.2 ... Implementing Test Doubles ... 242 5.3 ... Writing and Implementing Unit Tests ... 251 5.4 ... Optimizing the Test Process ... 269 5.5 ... Summary ... 289 6.1 ... The Three Faces of Code Pushdown ... 292 6.2 ... ABAP SQL ... 293 6.3 ... CDS Views and CDS Entities ... 323 6.4 ... ABAP Managed Database Procedures ... 350 6.5 ... Locating and Pushing Down Code ... 359 6.6 ... Summary ... 369 7.1 ... Manually Defining a Business Object ... 373 7.2 ... Automatically Defining a Business Object Based on a CDS View ... 379 7.3 ... Using BOPF to Write a Dynpro-Style Program ... 383 7.4 ... Unit Testing BOPF Objects with BUnit ... 446 7.5 ... Using a Custom Interface (Wrapper) ... 449 7.6 ... Summary ... 450 8.1 ... ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model versus BOPF ... 453 8.2 ... Coding Business Object CDS Entities ... 455 8.3 ... Coding Behavior Definitions and Projections ... 469 8.4 ... Coding Behavior Implementations ... 474 8.5 ... Calling CRUD Operations from ABAP ... 519 8.6 ... Summary ... 520 9.1 ... What Is SAP Gateway? ... 521 9.2 ... Transaction SEGW Service Layer: Manual Creation ... 522 9.3 ... Transaction SEGW Service Layer: Automatic Creation ... 549 9.4 ... ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model Service Layer: Manual Creation ... 554 9.5 ... ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model Service Layer: Automatic Creation ... 561 9.6 ... Summary ... 565 10.1 ... Getting Started ... 569 10.2 ... Designing a Report Interface ... 574 10.3 ... Adding Custom Command Icons with Programming ... 601 10.4 ... Editing Data ... 609 10.5 ... Handling Large Amounts of Data with CL_SALV_GUI_TABLE_IDA ... 621 10.6 ... Open-Source Fast ALV Grid Object ... 628 10.7 ... Making SAP GUI Look Like SAP Fiori ... 629 10.8 ... Summary ... 630 11.1 ... The Basics ... 633 11.2 ... Enhancing Custom Reports with ABAP2XLSX ... 639 11.3 ... Tips and Tricks ... 673 11.4 ... Beyond Spreadsheets: Microsoft Word Documents ... 676 11.5 ... Summary ... 688 12.1 ... The Model-View-Controller Concept ... 690 12.2 ... Building the WDA Application ... 696 12.3 ... Coding the WDA Application ... 715 12.4 ... Using Floorplan Manager to Create WDA Applications ... 724 12.5 ... Unit Testing WDA Applications ... 744 12.6 ... Making WDA Look Like SAP Fiori ... 747 12.7 ... Touch Enablement of WDA Applications ... 752 12.8 ... Summary ... 753 13.1 ... Basics ... 757 13.2 ... Modern IDEs ... 759 13.3 ... Creating an SAPUI5 Application Manually ... 763 13.4 ... Creating an SAPUI5 Application Automatically ... 792 13.5 ... Extension Tools ... 804 13.6 ... Importing SAPUI5 Applications into SAP ERP ... 813 13.7 ... Unit Testing SAPUI5 Applications ... 818 13.8 ... Summary ... 824 14.1 ... General Concepts ... 828 14.2 ... ABAP Messaging Channels: SAP GUI Example ... 833 14.3 ... ABAP Push Channels: SAPUI5 Example ... 847 14.4 ... Internet of Things Relevance ... 857 14.5 ... Summary ... 859