Developing SAP Applications with Adobe Flex [Hardcover]

Armin Lorenz (Author), Gunther Schöppe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2007

This book provides you with the practical guidance needed to develop intuitive user interfaces and customer-specific, next generation Internet applications for SAP NetWeaver Portal, using Adobe's Flex Application Framework.

First, get a concise introduction to the basic principles of Rich Internet Applications in the SAP environment, followed by complete details on the development environment for Flex applications: Adobe Flex Builder. Using clearly structured examples you'll quickly learn to understand the syntax of the Flex programming languages, ActionScript and MXML, plus how to securely use their commands and components. Then, you ll find out exactly how to directly apply your new skills using the examples provided. Readers get detailed coverage of the backend connection to the SAP system, data communication functions, and learn how best to generate charts. In addition, the book describes concepts regarding usability and performance optimization, offline applications, push data services, and the integration of multiple backend systems, giving you the step-by-step expert advice needed to implement your own Flex applications.

Highlights:

• Developing Rich Internet Applications in the SAP Environment
• Adobe Flex Builder: Getting Started
• Syntax Diagrams, ActionScript, Commands and Components of MXML
• Dynamic ActionScript Extensions
• Comprehensive Sample Application from Design to Portal Integration
• Offline Applications, Push Data Services, and Creating Dynamic Screens

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About the Author

Armin Lorenz and Gunther Schöppe are members of the board of directors at IXULT AG, Rosenheim, Germany. Along with their co-authors they have implemented numerous customer projects based on Adobe Flex in the recent past.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 298 pages
• Publisher: SAP Press (April 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592291198
• ISBN-13: 978-1592291199
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,388,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Book is just too bad, July 21, 2008

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Rajiv Totlani - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Developing SAP Applications with Adobe Flex (Hardcover)

One would expect that a book by 3 authors with a lot of SAP experience would tell you exactly how Flex and SAP can play together. Surprise! out of 8 chapters, 7.5 are devoted to just basics of Flex with no SAP context. And these chapters are to pitch it mildly at best mediocre.

From the perspective of Flexing SAP UI, the authors have shown one way (using BSP's) out of a possible 4. The sample application for time recording is developed using custom tables and does not really talk to any SAP backend functionality...might have as well not used SAP, just a database instead. Whatever happened to SAP time functionality in HCM...like ESS? What about talking to SAP enterprise services? What about deploying to portal? Well assuming the reader is intelligent, he/she will eventually figure it out but that begs the question...why would an intelligent reader buy this book after reading this review? I can't believe SAP Press published this.