Get Started with the ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver
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 significantly
increase developers productivity by providing the ABAP developer the unique
opportunity to perform development tasks in the comfortable ABAP environment
while at the same time benefiting from the proven usability, speed and
flexibility of the well-known Eclipse platform. The ABAP Development Tools
combines SAP's powerful ABAP application server capabilities like convenient
lifecycle management, server-based development paradigm, full integration,
effective testing and troubleshooting tools with the powerful Eclipse UI and
also provides a modern Eclipse UI client on top of the ABAP platform. The ABAP
Development Tools integrates easily with other development tools (SAP HANA
Studio, SAP UI5 SDK) on the open Eclipse platform.
Functional Scope: Product, Platform, API
The ABAP
Development Tools focus on the following three domains:
Product -
a brand new ABAP development experience on top of the Eclipse platform.
Platform -
an open, Eclipse-based platform for developing new ABAP-related tools in
Eclipse.
API -
set of open APIs that developers can use to build new custom tools for the
ABAP environment. The
APIs are language and platform-independent.
Architectural Overview
The general idea of ABAP in Eclipse is
to provide one Eclipse client that is installed on the developer PC and can
connect to several backend systems from different releases. The connection is
set up using a RFC/REST based protocol. The client provides a set of standard
development tools such as the project explorer for system browsing and search
views. In addition editors are available for each development object - classes,
reports, function modules and so on. The development paradigm is still server
based. This means that the development objects are stored solely on the backend
(no local copies through check-in/check-out), and services such as
syntax-check, search, where-used etc. run on the backend. One benefit of using
Eclipse as the platform for the new ABAP development environment is its
openness towards new tools and features via the Eclipse plug-in Framework. The
new ABAP development infrastructure provides these plug-in capabilities also on
the ABAP backend. That means, by making use of Eclipse plug-in capabilities on
the frontend and ABAP development infrastructure plug-in capabilities on the
backend, it is possible to contribute to the ABAP development environment with
new development tools. Those tools will provide the well-known ABAP
capabilities (transport, activation, version management, "Where-Used"
list etc.) combined with Eclipse-based state-of-the-art UI and integration
capabilities in a new highly integrated development environment.
Key Features
Highly
flexible, customizable Eclipse UI for ABAP development tools
High-performance,
failover-safe online development in several ABAP systems simultaneously
Display and
edit functionality for multiple ABAP objects in parallel
Advanced
and efficient source code editing including refactoring support
Fast search
and navigation capabilities
Cross-system
version management
Ideal
support of task-oriented and test-driven development
Built-in
extensibility of the IDE through the established Eclipse plug-in
technology
Powerful
SDK for building and integrating custom ABAP development and testing tools
(planned)
Benefits for You
The ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver tie in perfectly with SAP HANA Studio and
SAP’s in-memory technology by allowing highly productive application
development on top of SAP HANA. The ABAP Development Tools significantly increases
ABAP developer productivity through rich Eclipse user experience and
flexibility, new capabilities for sophisticated source code implementation,
task-oriented and test-driven business development. The ABAP Development Tools
enables cross-platform application development by integrating ABAP and
non-ABAP development tools into one Eclipse-based IDE.Built-in extensibility of
the IDE through the established Eclipse plug-in technology enables you to benefit
from the huge Eclipse ecosystem, develop on open platform and integrate
new custom ABAP and non-ABAP tools.
The Quick Launch
document helps you to start working with the ABAP Development Tools
If you have
already installed the ABAP Development Tools, take a look at the ABAP
Development User Guide: Help -> Help Contents -> ABAP Development User Guide (describing
ABAP Development Tools concepts and tasks)
Get an
overview of the most common shortcuts by downloading the Reference Card
You may
find anwers to your questions in the FAQ
document
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