EXP10393

ABAP on HANA using ABAP Development Tools for

Eclipse – the conclusions
Zjef Mallaerts / Flexso NV
November, 2013
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Agenda

Introduction
Installation
Evolution

Features
Perspectives
ABAP on HANA features
Shift in development approach

Coolest features top 10!

Conclusions
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Agenda – Entry point for discussion

Features

Coolest features top 10!

Conclusions

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Introduction
Introduction Flexso

• Leading SAP Service Partner in Belgium & Luxemburg

• 100% specialized in SAP solutions & technologies, on-premise & in cloud
• Team of +140 SAP experts
• Strong focus on training, research & innovation
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• Mobile Solutions

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Evolution
Evolution of SAP IDE

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

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Installation
Installation

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

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

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Features
Features

Developing in Eclipse Analyzing

Eclipse perspectives Where-used list
ABAP Repository Objects Refactoring
Life cycle management Debugging & Breakpoints
Transporting / Delivery units ABAP profiler
Version history Plan visualizer
Working together ABAP Unit test framework & Code coverage
Help

Coding Development types - Integrated UI

ABAP
Syntax highlighting
HANA Modeler
Pretty printer / Source code formatting
Web Web services
Templates
Mobile
Code completion/ Drag and drop
Navigating source code
Searching development objects Tools
Embedded SAP GUI Feed reader
Shortcuts Task management Eclipse extensions / add-ons
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Eclipse perspectives

Working with perspectives

Different personas

Installation of extra perspectives

Most used

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ABAP Repository Objects

All possibilities

Switch to embedded SAP

GUI

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Transporting

Only creation, selection and overview

Embedded SAP GUI SE10

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Delivery units

Via Modeler perspective!

Delivery unit:

Includes packages

Outlook HANA transport container - See also session TEC207

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Delivery units

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Working together

Commit mechanism

Resolving version conflicts – merge tool

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Syntax highlighting

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Pretty printer / Source code formatting

CTRL – Shift – F: format all

CTRL – Alt - Shift – F: format block

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Version history

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Templates

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Code completion / Drag & drop

CTRL – Space

Shift – Enter

Code drag & drop?

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Navigating source code

F3 shortcut or CTRL click

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Searching development objects

Context dependent

1 search to find any object

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Embedded SAP GUI

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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
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Where-Used List

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Refactoring

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Refactoring - example

Creating new method really fast using CTRL + 1

- Type your method call & parameters

- Press CTRL + 1

- Wizard

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Debugging & Breakpoints

Debug perspective

Watch points not yet supported

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ABAP profiler

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Plan visualizer

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ABAP Unit Test & Code coverage

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Help

All in the same screen.

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Perspectives
ABAP perspective views

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HANA perspective

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HANA perspective

HANA Wizards

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HANA perspective

HANA views:

- Project Explorer

- SAP HANA Repositories

- SAP HANA Systems

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HANA perspective

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HANA perspective

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Modeler perspective

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Web

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Web services

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Mobile

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Feed reader

- Syntax errors

- ST22, SM12, SM13,…

- System messages

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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

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Eclipse extensions / add-ons

• Easy integration

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

• Write your own plugin

• Will keep on growing & evolving

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ABAP on HANA features
ABAP on HANA features

Only in Eclipse!

DDIC view

Database Procedure Proxy

ALV & Fuzzy search

FPM list view

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ABAP on HANA features - Outlook

Bottom up – top down

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Shift in development approach
Development approaches

Project view (offline) Working online

<-> still need to log in

Ok @ most customers
<-> Conflict resolution

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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
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Smaller features, but pratical
• Refactoring capabilities

• Last edit location

• No display / change button anymore

• Outline always available

• Code coverage check

• Full navigation history

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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.
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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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Zjef Mallaerts (zjef.mallaerts@flexso.com)

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