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Monday, June 22, 2009

Step by step learning ABAP...

ABAP stands for Advanced Business Applicatian Programming. The ABAP programming language was originally used by SAP developers to develop the SAP R/3 platform. It was also intended to be used by SAP customers to enhance SAP applications customers can develop custom reports and interfaces with ABAP programming. The language is fairly easy to learn for programmers but it is not a tool for direct use by non-programmers. Good programming skills, including knowledge of relational database design and preferably also of object-oriented concepts, are required to create ABAP programs.


If you are new to ABAP, there are 2 point you should learn first, in following order:
1. Explore Data Dictionary
Data dictionary is a workplace for defining table, define data type, display table content.
Go to transaction code SE11 (SAP Menu->Tools->ABAP Workbench->Development->Data Dictionary).
Then enjoy exploring data dictionary.
2. Create ABAP Report
Go to transaction code SE38 (SAP Menu->Tools->ABAP Workbench->Development->ABAP Editor), and try to write your first program.

*source:http://abap-gallery.blogspot.com