Foundations of Java for ABAP Programmers [Hardcover]

Alistair Rooney (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590596250 | ISBN-13: 978-1590596258 | Publication Date: April 5, 2006 | Edition: 1

This book aims to introduce current SAP/ABAP developers to the skills required for Java 5 programming. This is at Java SE 5 and Java EE 5 level and it will cover all the basics required to get ABAP developers and programmers up and running with these. Apart from the introductory topics it covers connecting to a Database, The SAP Java Connector, Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), Enterprise JavaBeans and Java Messaging.

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About the Author

Alistair Rooney has been in Corporate IT for 23 years. He has been an IT Manager, Project Manager, Technical Consultant and a Developer. He delivered the first Java course for SAP in Brussels and has been a dedicated evangelist for "externalizing corporate data" using Java. Alistair lives outside of Durban, South Africa with his wife, two children and various animals.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (April 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590596250
• ISBN-13: 978-1590596258
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #578,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for ABAPers, July 31, 2006

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D. Beardall - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundations of Java for ABAP Programmers (Hardcover)

I've been an SAP ABAP programmer for nearly 10 years and am very comfortable with the traditional SAP programming model. My exposure to Java has been limited but when SAP announced that their latest version of SAP Web Application Server (WAS) would include a Java stack I knew it was time to dust off those old Core Java volumes I had lying around. However Java is a moving target and my Java 1.2 manuals are hopelessly out of date. A friend suggested I take a look at this book.

The Object Oriented extensions to ABAP were based on Java so a lengthy tome on all the ins and outs of Java was not what I was looking for. I needed something concise and to the point that would not "talk down to me" but would get me up to speed quickly on what I needed to know about Java from an SAP programmer's point of view.

I really believe that this is that book. Mr Rooney covers a very large subject at a fair pace and with a good sense of humor that keeps the reader engaged. Topics are explained from a SAP programmer's point of view (as per the book's title) which in itself is quite unique. Even the complex subject of EJBs is explained with just the right amount of info.

Highly recommended.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, May 1, 2006

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K. Wilson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundations of Java for ABAP Programmers (Hardcover)

I have had the pleasure of working with the author personally. We had the opportunity of bringing him in to a client to help convert their ABAP staff to Java knowledgeable ABAPers. So I know first hand that he knows what he talks about. He gives an excellent class too.
I own this book and as a fellow SAP professional I can only highly recommend it. I have used it and will continue to use it until I get the Java thing down.
Excellent effort.

3.0 out of 5 stars Watch for repeated and reprinted mistypes!, July 2, 2011

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Zheng - See all my reviews

This review is from: Foundations of Java for ABAP Programmers (Hardcover)

I had a copy of this book once and it took me less than one minute to hit on one mistake that reprinted on two subsequent pages (25-26).
It shows:
byte a = (byte) 0x0e; // 15 in hex

What?! The 0x0e is 14 in hex! I guess that the author meant to say:
byte a = (byte) 0x0f; // 15 in hex

Probably to finish that book for ABAP ASAP they copy-pasted a lot of text.

So -- Watch for mistypes!... because I am quite sure there are more surprises)))