Here you'll find lots of prose to back up the code. Typically, the authors (three SAP consultants) introduce a subject with an explanation and then present a short program that illustrates the concept in its simplest case. From there, they provide the reader with code and prose that address variations on the standard case.
The authors also emphasize procedures where appropriate. In their coverage of creating a domain in the Data Dictionary, for example, they provide a step-by-step procedure with screen shots from the SAP environment. The result: Advanced ABAP represents a good tutorial for those wanting to expand their ABAP skills beyond the essentials. Back it up with a reference and you'll be ready to tackle complex assignments. --David Wall
Topics covered: Graphical user interface (GUI) elements, Function Modules, Business APIs (BAPIs), data, tables, views, transactions, and transaction processing (includes information on the Screen Painter, the Menu Painter, screen loops, and locking strategies).
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
An average DDIC book, but a poor advanced programming course,
By A Customer
This review is from: Advanced ABAP Programming for SAP (SAP R/3) (Hardcover)
I bought this book based on the comments I read, but I was so disapointed in this book. It is an average book to learn about DDIC definitions, and a poor book about advanced programming. Most sections are about defining DDIC elements, but there are two chapters about advanced techniques and performance tips. Altough this sounds good, there is no depth in those subjects. Advanced techniques in the book are about locks and updates. The peformance tips take a whole 12 pages and are very superficial. How about a chapter on debugging and tracing, analyses of buffers, etc... That is advanced programming. I got more information about advanced programming through the SAP ABAPDOCU help than I got in this book. I wished this book would have been available at the store so that I could have browsed it, because I would have definitively not bought it. Print the SAP help documentation for DDIC and for ABAPDOCU, and you will get more information than you would find in this book. If you are a serious ABAP programmer with a few years experience, stay away from this book.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Useful on the front lines...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Advanced ABAP Programming for SAP (SAP R/3) (Hardcover)
I was a bit skeptical about a book promising to explain advanced ABAP. In fact, the concepts are not advanced but sort of intermediate, so very experienced programmers might not find it useful. However, if you are at that level, the book is very helpful. I completed a programming project, writing a transaction, complete with GUIs, etc. (and all that for the first time)in less time than expected and relying primarily on the book as a reference. Clearly written. The authors should help out SAP with some of their convoluted online help! Well worth the $s (or DMs as the case may be).
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good,
By rdash@sempra.com (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Advanced ABAP Programming for SAP (SAP R/3) (Hardcover)
I am an SAP consultant with over 4 years of ABAP consulting experience. I ordered this book long before it went into print. So, I could not wait for it to read when it finally arrived! The authors have covered advanced ABAP features in a simple way with lot of illustrations and examples. This book has saved me a lot of time as how to exploit the ABAP workbench to its maximum potential.
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