CD206.pdf

Michael Schneider, Thomas Schulze zur Wiesch, Niko Faradouris, Albrecht Gass October, 2012

CD206

Enhancing ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse

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Agenda

We will talk about…

…the new ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver built on Eclipse

…our plans to make ABAP Development Tools (ADT) extensible

…how you can benefit from this extensibility

What are ABAP Development Tools

for SAP NetWeaver built on Eclipse?

Demo ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver


ABAP Development Tools at TechEd 2012

CD201: ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse – Develop Like Never Before

Overview lecture about ABAP Development Tools (1h)

CD164: Modern ABAP with ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse

Use ABAP Development Tools in a hands-on workshop (4h)

ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse

Q&A-session (1h)

How can you get it?


Supported SAP NetWeaver releases

Minimum SAP NetWeaver releases are

SAP NetWeaver 7.3 including Enhancement Package 1

Support Package Stack 04 [NW 7.31 SP04]

SAP NetWeaver 7.0 including Enhancement Package 3

Support Package Stack 04 [NW 7.03 SP04]

Debug support

A new kernel version is planned which is compatible to NetWeaver 7.31/7.03

http://help.sap.com/nw731





Download locations

SAP NetWeaver 7.31/7.03 customers

Download from SAP Service Marketplace

For further information

Read SAP Note 1718399

Try the trial version

Download from SAP Community Network (SCN)

For further information

Visit the ABAP in Eclipse community in SCN

https://css.wdf.sap.corp/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=0001718399

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29607

http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse

Why does SAP invest into ABAP

Development Tools for Eclipse?


SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP Empowering Classic & New SAP Products

• 50.000+ customers of ABAP-based products

• Millions of ABAP developers, SCN as community

• A thriving Partner Ecosystem

• Proven, Robust and scalable

• Extends into Mobility, Cloud and HANA

• Evolves compatibly under SAP Business Suite 7

• Enables On-Premise/On-Demand hybrid scenarios

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, A Strong Pillar In SAP’s Product Strategy

SAP’s Basis Technology For Transactional Business Applications

HANA

MOBILITY

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SAP NetWeaver in 2013

SAP NetWeaver

Application

Server ABAP


Goals for new ABAP Development Tools

Increased developer

productivity

One IDE for all technologies

Extensible development

tools


Reasons for using Eclipse

Eclipse is an …

… modern integrated development environment (IDE)

… extensible plug-in system

Many plug-ins are available supporting …

… different programming languages like Java, C++, PHP

… development processes like plug-ins for source code management systems or code analysis

Eclipse allows to run many plug-ins integrated in one instance

Why do we need extensible

ABAP Development Tools?


SAP-internal use cases

Extended ABAP code search

Code inspections

Clone detection in source code

SAP UI Development Toolkit for HTML5

…


External use cases

Partners and ABAP community showed interest in extending ABAP Development Tools

SAP started pilot projects to get feedback on a first version of the Software Development Kit

(SDK) for ABAP Development Tools

Pilots are

smartShift, Mannheim, Germany

SAP Mentors

What is the pilot project with

smartShift about?


smartShift Overview

• Global software and services company

• More than 19 years experience in the IT-Modernization market

• Patented and proven automation software and methodologies

• Headquartered in Mannheim (Germany)

• Member of Cambridge Technology Enterprises (500+ employees)

• SAP division 100+ employees in Germany, USA and India

• Referenceable Global 1000 accounts – e.g. BASF, BMW, BP, Commerzbank, Clariant, EON, Exxon, Linde, Kimberly Clark, Shell, etc.

• Leading system integrators such as Accenture, Capgemini, IBM, and SAP rely

on smartShift

• smartShift value: Much Faster, Higher Quality, Reduced Risk & Lower Cost!

smartShiftgroup.com; [email protected]; Twitter (@smartShift_CTE)


Automated Code Remediation … Unique Value Proposition

Unique parser-based

analysis and meta-

model

Upgrade, Unicode

Pot. Runtime Errors

Stability

Maintenance

Performance

Security

Coding Standards

Architecture

Custom Rules

Rules Engine

for automated issue

detection and

correction

Tools-based automated

transformation of ABAP

code

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smartShift Focus on SAP

2006

2010

2012

2014

smartTools for SAP

Automated Upgrade, Unicode

Enablement; Code Optimization

smartDevelop

Automated Code Quality in

ABAP Workbench

smartDevelop for ADT

Automated Code Quality

in ADT


smartDevelop for SAP ADT – Highlights

smartIssue integration

in problems view

smartIssue integration

in ABAP editor

Quick-fix and

refactoring actions

Demo smartDevelop for ABAP Development Tools

Targeted assistance via smartTool warnings

Quick-fix application


smartDevelop for SAP ADT – Benefits

smartDevelop plug-in for ADT contributes in

• Speed up of development

• Adherence to best coding practices

• Compliance to corporate coding and naming conventions

• Ensures performant and secure coding

smartDevelop contains rules that come in two flavors

• Warnings to the developer

• Hot fixes in code

Expansive rule sets

• Rule set is continuously extended

• Customizable to customer requirements

What is the pilot project with

the SAP Mentors about?


SAPlink for ABAP Development Tools

SAPlink for ABAP Development Tools brings ease of use

to SAP Code Exchange developers

Functionality covered by the SAPlink plug-in:

Import development objects from Code Exchange to your ABAP

system

Export development objects from your ABAP system to Code

Exchange

Install SAPlink in your ABAP system

Implemented by SAP Mentor group

Ivan Femia, Uwe Fetzer, Abdulbasıt Gülşen, Jan Penninkhof,

Gregor Wolf

Visit the SAPlink project for further information

http://saplink.org/

http://saplink.org/

Which APIs are used by the

pilots?


Architecture of ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver


Architecture of ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver


APIs used by smartShift

Extend menus and actions (1)

Check a development object for errors (2)

Access Files (3)

Read source code

Create marker (4)

Add warnings

Open editor (5)

…

1

2 3 4

5


APIs used by SAPlink

Use Resource Framework

Build own resources (1), send backend requests (2)

Retrieving server capabilities (3)

API for ABAP programs (4)

Create, activate, execute program

Extend menus and actions (5)

Reuse dialogs (6)

Project and package selection

…

2

1

3 4

5 6

How can you benefit from the

SDK?


ABAP Developers: Make your life easier

Example: Automate time-consuming steps of your development process

A view integrated in the IDE that

Shows information about your development processes

Shows information about your development landscape

Runs your helper programs in the backend to start processes

Example: Developer view of the ADT development team


Partners: Integrate your products in ABAP Development Tools

Integrate your tools by using

the SDK

Become part of SAP„s IDE

Increase developer

productivity

Address the market of SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

50.000+ customers, Millions of ABAP developers

What can you do, now?


Let’s talk about your ideas

Discuss your ideas with the ABAP-in-Eclipse-community

http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse/blog/2012/08/27/abap-development-tools-sdk

Contact product management for ABAP Development Tools

Send a mail to Christopher Kästner (mailto:[email protected])









mailto:[email protected]


Explore documents about the SDK

First documents about the SDK

Overview document about the SDK

Examples how to use the SDK

Find this information in the ABAP-in-Eclipse-community











Experiment

Take a look at the implementation of SAPlink for ABAP Development Tools

How do SAP Mentors extend the ABAP Development Tools?

Which APIs* do they use?

How do they implement own resources?

The source code will be published on http://saplink.org/

*) The current implementation is still based on not released APIs. All used APIs can be changed until

they are released

http://saplink.org/

What is SAP’s roadmap for the

SDK?


Roadmap for the SDK for ABAP Development Tools

Applying your feedback

Next SAP NetWeaver release:

Planned shipment of the SDK SAP TechEd 2012

Piloting the SDK

Extending the SDK

Explore documents and

experiment Build your plug-ins


Planned pricing for the SDK

No additional licenses are required

If you already own an appropriate license bundle for ABAP development on SAP NetWeaver

Additional options with costs

Certification of your plug-ins by SAP Integration and Certification Center

Contract to promote your tool in SAP Store


Summary

ABAP Development Tools

for Eclipse are available You can contribute

ABAP Development Tools for

Eclipse will be extensible


Further Information

SAP Public Web



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

SAP Education and Certification Opportunities

www.sap.com/education

Watch SAP TechEd Online

www.sapteched.com/online





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Thanks for attending this SAP TechEd session.

Michael Schneider SAP

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Thomas Schulze zur Wiesch SAP

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Niko Faradouris smartShift

[email protected]

Albrecht Gass smartShift

[email protected]

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Appendix

1) ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver – screen shots

2) smartShift architecture

3) smartDevelop for ADT – tool details and screen shots


1.1 ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver


1.2 Multiple system connections in one IDE


1.3 Powerful search and navigation capabilities


1.4 Advanced source code editing & refactoring


2.1 smartTools for SAP – Standalone Architecture

Data Store

Parser

Transformer

Meta Model Resolver

Execution Environment

JCO

RFC

SAP AS ABAP

DDIC

Source

Repository

CTS

GUI Batch


2.2 smartTools for SAP – Standalone Architecture


2.3 smartDevelop for SAP – Integrated Architecture

Data Store

Parser

Transformer

Meta Model Resolver


SAP AS ABAP JCO

RFC

JCO

RFC

smartDevelop

Front-end

ABAP

Workbench

DDIC

Source

Repository

CTS


2.4 smartDevelop for SAP – Integrated Architecture


2.5 smartDevelop for SAP ADT – Architecture with ADT Integration

Parser

Transformer

Meta Model Resolver


JCO

RFC

JCO

RFC

SAP AS ABAP

DDIC

Source

Repository

CTS

ADT Backend

Services

ADT UI

ADT Frontend

Services

smartDevelop

UI Contributions

REST

HTTP via RFC

smartDevelop

Frontend Services

SAP ADT in

Eclipse Runtime


3.1 smartDevelop for SAP ADT – Implementation Steps

Introduce communication layer to use ADT provided services instead of direct RFC calls

• Exchangeable communication layer also enables use of core within “old” environment without

modifications

UI Contributions

• Menu buttons

• Markers in editor

Remove Dependencies to data store

Re-organize Plug-In structure of core plug-ins for reasonable deployment

Take care of “semantic” differences between direct RFC calls and communication via ADT


3.2 Example of a quick fix

Performance enhancement

• From the performance rule set of smartTools for ABAP

• According to SAP® - Accessing the table entries directly in a

"LOOP ... ASSIGNING ..."

accelerates the task of updating a set of lines of an internal table

considerably. Especially if inner tables must not be moved the

speed-up is high.

Rule application

• Scans code edited for „LOOP AT … INTO wa“ patterns

• Displays warning and offers a quick fix if possible

• User confirms hot fix application

• Code is edited accordingly


3.3 Example of a quick fix – before


3.4 Example of a quick fix – after


3.5 Targeted assistance via smartTool warnings

Developer receives feedback as

• Annotation with tool-tips or,

• Warnings in lower pane

All rules can be configured as warnings

Examples

• Naming standards (default: SAP recommendations)

• Dashes in names (legacy code)


3.6 Example smartTools Warnings


3.7 Example smartTools Warnings


3.8 Naming standards

Configurable to corporate coding guidelines

Tool identifies violations

Tooltip shows information about the fix


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