The ABAP platform provides a centralised model of development that solves several of the challenges of mainstream business software development practices.
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Why ABAP is still the best platform for enterprise applications
Monday, July 24th, 2017nwrfc 0.0.8 gem is out
Friday, June 5th, 2015I have just published a new version of the nwrfc gem with (as usual) very minor updates.
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Getting started with SAPUI5
Monday, November 18th, 2013A while back I had the opportunity to investigate SAPUI5 as an option for user interfaces on our current project. Here is a quick little getting started guide that I wrote back then, partly for my own benefit in case I ever need to get started on it again.
Ruby wrapper for NW RFC SDK using Ruby-FFI
Friday, February 17th, 2012Unicode in ABAP
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Having worked with ABAP most of my career, I have not had to care a lot (if ever) about Unicode, maybe due to the fact that I work in a country where all SAP systems only use English (with very, very rare exceptions).
BOL URL API (or RESTless BOL API)
Monday, November 21st, 2011In this article, I investigate the possibility of developing a URL-based API for the Business Object Layer (BOL) that could be used to develop an alternative to the standard CRM Web UI.
SAP MDM: Boy, was I disappointed
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011I recently got involved in a project where SAP MDM is being implemented. One of the attractive things about this assignment was the possibility of learning MDM. I must say though, that I was very disappointed with what I found. (more…)
SAP Netweaver 7.0 with MaxDB Testdrive on Ubuntu 9.04 server
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Last night I managed to get the SAP Netweaver 7.0 (2004s) with MaxDB TestDrive working on an Ubuntu 9.04 server. It took a bit of fiddling, and I am still looking at improving the installation, but I got the server up and running, which was wonderful.
File Drop Target for SAP GUI Apps
Friday, January 22nd, 2010This year (I wanted to say “This Christmas”, but that is still a long way away) surprise your users with something nice: A file drop target for your ABAP applications. It’s easy – I’ll show you how.
ABAP source code search continued
Monday, January 11th, 2010It’s been about half a year since I wrote about building a custom ABAP source code search using Ruby and Ferret. The other day I had a little time to resurrect the project, and I thought I should tell you a little about my findings.