4. Don’t get lost!
ABAP - Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor
IDE – Integrated Development Environment
Eclipse – One of the major IDEs, with lots of plugins
ADT – eclipse plugin for ABAP development
Let’s keep it simple:
+ = ADT
7. Why Eclipse? Let’s check
with the mothership:
• Multiple developments technologies in one place:
- SAP HANA, ABAP, SAPUI5, Java and much more
• Develop anywhere: MacOSX/Windows/Linux
• Development in multiple ABAP systems
• ADT SDK – improve and create extensions
12. ADT Installation Process
• Operating System Windows XP, Vista, 7 (64-bit)
• Java Runtime JRE 1.6, 32-bit
• SAP GUI for Windows 7.20 Patch Level 9 or higher Pre Reqs
• Browser Internet Explorer 7.0 / Firefox 4.0 or higher
• Eclipse Platform Eclipse 3.6 or 3.7
• Download and install AS Trial 7.31
• ADT installation and configuration
Pre Reqs • Use a Virtual Machine to keep your AS Trial
• VM Backup: Windows + JRE + Eclipse + installation files ,
BEFORE installing AS Trial 7.31
• Patience... TONS of patience...
14. The Future
New features only in ADT
(Where is your god now ABAPossaur?)
Linux and MacOSX support
Debugging
Profilling
Transport Management Tools
WebDynpro
Enhanced Refactoring Tools
And lets hope the “ABAP God” find us an easier way to test this out...
15. Everything you need to know
about ADT is here:
http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse