201311FLEXSOTECHEDEXP10393

Zjef Mallaerts / Flexso NV

November, 2013

EXP10393

ABAP on HANA using ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse – the conclusions

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Agenda

Introduction

Installation

Evolution

Features

Perspectives

ABAP on HANA features

Shift in development approach

Coolest features top 10!

Conclusions


Agenda – Entry point for discussion

Features

Coolest features top 10!

Conclusions

Introduction


Introduction Flexso

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Evolution


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXg7xXrEAUw

Evolution of SAP IDE

Installation


Beginning of 2013 – still ‘full’ installation guide needed.

Now – https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/

Installation

Features


Features

Developing in Eclipse

Eclipse perspectives

ABAP Repository Objects

Life cycle management

Transporting / Delivery units

Version history

Working together

Help

Coding

Syntax highlighting

Pretty printer / Source code formatting

Templates

Code completion/ Drag and drop

Navigating source code

Searching development objects

Embedded SAP GUI

Shortcuts

Analyzing

Where-used list

Refactoring

Debugging & Breakpoints

ABAP profiler

Plan visualizer

ABAP Unit test framework & Code coverage

Development types - Integrated UI

ABAP

HANA Modeler

Web Web services

Mobile

Tools

Feed reader

Task management Eclipse extensions / add-ons


Eclipse perspectives

Working with perspectives

Different personas

Installation of extra perspectives

Most used


ABAP Repository Objects

All possibilities

Switch to embedded SAP

GUI


Transporting

Only creation, selection and overview

Embedded SAP GUI SE10


Delivery units

Via Modeler perspective!

Delivery unit:

Includes packages

Outlook HANA transport container - See also session TEC207


Delivery units


Working together

Commit mechanism

Resolving version conflicts – merge tool


Syntax highlighting


Pretty printer / Source code formatting

CTRL – Shift – F: format all

CTRL – Alt - Shift – F: format block


Version history


Templates


Code completion / Drag & drop

CTRL – Space

Shift – Enter

Code drag & drop?


Navigating source code

F3 shortcut or CTRL click


Searching development objects

Context dependent

1 search to find any object


Embedded SAP GUI


Shortcuts

Overview of all shortcuts: CTRL – Shift – L

Most used

• F1: Help / F2: Code information / F3: Navigate

• CTRL – Space: Code completion

• CTRL – Space – Shift: Code completion including signature & exceptions

• CTRL – F3: Activation

• CTRL – Shift – F1: formatting

• CTRL – 1: Quick fix (e.g. create new method implementation for call)

• CTRL – Shift – A: Search / CTRL – O: Quick outline / CTRL – 3: Open view / CTRL – Shift – G: Where used


Where-Used List


Refactoring


Refactoring - example

Creating new method really fast using CTRL + 1

- Type your method call & parameters

- Press CTRL + 1

- Wizard


Debugging & Breakpoints

Debug perspective

Watch points not yet supported


ABAP profiler


Plan visualizer


ABAP Unit Test & Code coverage


Help

All in the same screen.

Perspectives


ABAP perspective views


HANA perspective


HANA perspective

HANA Wizards


HANA perspective

HANA views:

- Project Explorer

- SAP HANA Repositories

- SAP HANA Systems


HANA perspective


HANA perspective


Modeler perspective


Web


Web services


Mobile


Feed reader

- Syntax errors

- ST22, SM12, SM13,…

- System messages


Task management

Task management

• No separate to do lists

• No to do’s in comment anymore in the code

• Integration with code: click on task, all relevant screens (context) opens

• Integration with tools: Scrum, Jira,…

• Bugzilla, Mantis,…

• Auto time tracking per task


Eclipse extensions / add-ons

• Easy integration

• Custom plugins e.g. code sharing (cf. demo jam)

• Write your own plugin

• Will keep on growing & evolving




Only in Eclipse!

DDIC view

Database Procedure Proxy

ALV & Fuzzy search

FPM list view


ABAP on HANA features - Outlook

Bottom up – top down

Shift in development approach


Development approaches

Project view (offline)

<-> still need to log in

<-> Conflict resolution

Working online

Ok @ most customers

Features top 10


Features Top 10

• One integrated IDE for all types of development

• Split view + View & edit more than one SAP object at the same time (no multiple sessions)

• Instant syntax check

• Code completion

• Feed reader

• Plugins

• Fully personalizable

• Templates

• Search functionality

• Task management


Smaller features, but pratical

• Refactoring capabilities

• Last edit location

• No display / change button anymore

• Outline always available

• Code coverage check

• Full navigation history

Conclusions


Conclusions

• Most new SAP developers already familiar with Eclipse + open standard!

• All in one (ABAP, Web, HANA/Database/DDIC, Web services,…) & split view working parallel

• Still some bugs (e.g. request to register Z-object – access key - on deletion)

• Direct web browser integration (e.g. for web testing, SCN, object registration,…)

• Working offline – development shift

• Integration on the way for a lot of SAP ABAP objects (now switch to SAP GUI)

• Working with text code is faster than completing dialog forms

• Not a lot of graphical development at the moment (e.g. se24 class builder), if you would still

like to work that way.


Suggestions

• Stability of Eclipse (Java)

• Full enhancement support

• Refactoring for multiple files at once

• Missing features: BSP

• Parallel work SE80 – Eclipse & updates + lock problems

• A lot of Eclipse plugins + more to come & custom development possible! (e.g. Virtual Forge)

• Other nice features you think about?

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Contact Information:

Zjef Mallaerts ([email protected])

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