SAP Development Tools


What Are SAP Development Tools

Today’s developers face the challenge of developing and rolling out software, with high software quality and mitigation of risks associated with the rapid development and deployment of applications. Submitting an IT ticket and waiting for months or even weeks for application updates is no longer acceptable in most companies.

An SAPinsider benchmark report on Application Strategies and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud found that the top driver for application strategy is the need to maintain or improve business processes rapidly to support changing needs (50%). The next most important driver is the continued demand for SAP and non-SAP applications that connect to core SAP (36%).

What Are SAP Development Tools

Today’s developers face the challenge of developing and rolling out software, with high software quality and mitigation of risks associated with the rapid development and deployment of applications. Submitting an IT ticket and waiting for months or even weeks for application updates is no longer acceptable in most companies.

An SAPinsider benchmark report on Application Strategies and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud found that the top driver for application strategy is the need to maintain or improve business processes rapidly to support changing needs (50%). The next most important driver is the continued demand for SAP and non-SAP applications that connect to core SAP (36%).

Understanding this burgeoning need for application development, SAP has bundled several tools under the name SAP Extension Suite, which is part of the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP).

To deliver the value proposition, SAP Extension Suite includes components such as SAP AppGyver for low-code development, SAP Business Application Studio for extending business applications, SAP Conversational AI for voice and bot applications, SAP Mobile Development Kit (MDK) for mobile applications, SAP native SDKs for iOS and Android, as well as the SAP Fiori design system and design platform for pre-built common applications for thousands of use cases.

This article, Extend Your Core Business Applications and Drive Your Business Forward with SAP Extension Suite,outlines the various ways in which SAP Extension Suite provides extensibility and walks through the various steps in the process of utilizing it.

ABAP code forms the bulk of the legacy customizations and extensions. As part of SAP BTP, ABAP environments provide ways to use the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), leveraging SAP HANA, SAP Fiori, and a cloud-optimized ABAP language with a clear set of released standard application programming interfaces (APIs). Developers can utilize a development toolset that enables tight integration with Git-enabled lifecycle management that includes ABAP editors, dictionaries, UI painters, and function, class, and web app builders.

Skills are always a major issue in application development. SAP Extension Suite offers different technologies and programming languages through various options and runtime environments available on SAP BTP: ABAP environment, Cloud Foundry runtime, and Kyma runtime.

There is a range of applications that are possible in today’s platforms. Companies like ServiceNow and Pillir.io provide a significant set of prebuilt apps in their low-code platforms. Consultants such as Cognizant, cbs Consulting,Capgemini, and TechMahindra can provide the expertise to drive innovation.

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    How can SAP’s Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) Give Developers Super-powers?

    CAP accelerates application development on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) because the framework takes care of the basics. That leaves you free to concentrate on the business logic of the task at hand. By deploying your custom applications to BTP you can keep your core ERP system ‘clean’ and ready for upgrades. Mastering SAP Premium…

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    Instill Operational Agility Into Your Organizational Fabric

    Published: 28/October/2021

    Reading time: 9 mins

    Companies face an onslaught of marketplace volatility, requiring an approach that balances people and technology. The market landscape is in a state of rebuilding. Raw material shortages, supplier insolvencies, and a host of other issues pose challenges to companies and their supply chains. Those enterprises that have adapted have one thing in common — operational…

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    UI5 offers a large set of controls but sometimes nevertheless a feature is missing. However, UI5 has a sometimes-overlooked feature: custom controls which allow you to develop your own UI5 control. In this session I wrap a commercial web control as a UI5 custom control in order to add advanced PDF editing features to my…

  4. Embracing Open Technology

    Published: 24/August/2017

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Developers play a crucial role in helping SAP customers succeed. To help both SAP and non-SAP developers create and innovate successfully with SAP software, openness is at the core of SAP’s software development strategy. Learn how SAP is supporting and working in partnership with developers to help businesses run better, and how the 2017 SAP…

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    A New Development Platform for Native SAP HANA Applications

    Published: 26/April/2016

    Reading time: 16 mins

    Developers have several options for developing applications and business content on SAP HANA, such as the ABAP 7.5 stack and the analytics applications supported by SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) powered by SAP HANA. But if you’re looking to move beyond dashboard scenarios and don’t want to base that development on SAP NetWeaver stacks, your…

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    Published: 12/October/2012

    Reading time: 24 mins

    Understand the main mobility architecture paradigms currently supported by the Sybase Unwired Platform, and the advantages and drawbacks of each. Get a high-level view of the architecture and basic steps for implementing each. Key Concept A mobile business object is a method of encapsulating business data so that it can be used across multiple kinds...…