SAP ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) elucidates the numerous features of the
core programming platform which is used for development for the entire SAP software suite. SAP
ABAP uses numerous hands on business oriented use cases and a valuable dedicated e-resource to
demonstrate the underlying advanced concepts of the OO ABAP environment and the SAP UI. SAP
ABAP covers the latest version (NetWeaver 7.3 and SAP application programming release 6.0) of
the platform for demonstrating the customization and implementation phases of the SAP software
implementation. Shorn of weighty theoretical treatment and preoccupation with language syntax
SAP ABAP is a comprehensive practical one stop solution which demonstrates and conveys the
language's commands and features through hands on examples. The accompanying e-resource is a
take off point to the book. SAP ABAP works in tandem with the accompanying e-resource to create
an interactive learning environment where the book provides a brief description and an overview
of a specified feature command followed by the user switching over to the accompanying
e-resource where a step-by-step guide to creating and running the feature's object is
available. The presentation of the features is scenario oriented i.e. most of the features are
demonstrated in terms of small business scenarios. The e-resource contains the scenario
descriptions screen shots detailed screen cams and ABAP program source to enable the reader
to create all objects related to the scenario and run execute them. The underlying concepts of
a feature command are conveyed through execution of these hands-on programs. Further exercises
to be performed independently by the reader are also proposed. The demonstration illustration
objects including the programs rely on some of the SAP application tables being populated for
example an IDES system which is now a de facto system for all SAP training related activities.
