Enhancing the Quality of ABAP Development (Hardcover)

~ Albert Krouwels; Ben Meijs; Wouter Heuvelmans; Ron Sommen (Author) "The technical quality of an ABAP program is primarily determined by the skills of the developer who designed the program; however, this is not the..." (more)
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Based on practical experiences with implementing, optimizing, and maintaining small and large SAP installations, this unique new book teaches developers, IT managers, and project leaders how to significantly improve the efficiency and quality of ABAP development in their own organizations. Take advantage of expert insights on the do’s and don’ts of programming with ABAP, using easy-to-follow examples. Plus, learn to accelerate critical development projects using the exclusive tips and detailed techniques provided for correctness, testing, error handling, fault tracing, as well as best practices for documentation, and much more.

About the Author

Wouter Heuvelmans works for Ctac—a leading SAP Service Partner, the largest SAP reseller in the Netherlands and Special Expertise Partner for SAP-Enterprise Portals—as an expert in the field of the ABAP Development Workbench. From 1989 onwards he collected 15 years of experience in this field. He joined Ctac in 1996 where, besides working in implementation and optimization projects, he also specializes in auditing ABAP developments. Furthermore, he is an established ABAP trainer for his colleagues and customers. Albert Krouwels works for Ctac as a specialist in the field of Logistics and Production Planning. He has extensive experience in the design of ABAP developments since 1991, working with most SAP releases form R/2 to R/3 Enterprise. He is experienced in all phases of the software life-cycle: implementation, optimization and maintenance. Albert joined Ctac in 1995. Ben Meijs is Product Manager Application Development at Ctac. Like Wouter, he is an expert in the field of the ABAP Development Workbench. Since 1989 he collected his extensive knowledge in SAP implementations, optimizations, upgrades and application management. Since 1997, Ben has performed several audits on the quality of customized ABAP software, helping customers to improve technical quality issues raised in this book. Ben joined Ctac in 1995. Ron Sommen is Product Manager Integration Technology at Ctac. As a consultant, he has been developing applications in SAP R/3 with a focus on accessibility of R/3 for other systems and users. He specializes in EAI, XI, Web Applications, Web services etc. Ron joined Ctac in 1997. His knowledge of integration techniques and ABAP Objects has been an essential condition for making the book complete and up-to-date. Besides that, he delivered an important task in reviewing texts and in checking the ABAP code, used throughout this book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 507 pages
• Publisher: SAP Press; 1 edition (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592290302
• ISBN-13: 978-1592290307
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #462,913 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good guide for up to intermediate, January 9, 2007

By	Radosaw Kiela "R. Kiela" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is very good guide for up to intermediate developers. Better to learn by others mistakes then yourself. Big advantage of this issue: real life (real systems/tables etc.) examples.

5.0 out of 5 stars ABAP developers be aware! Don't be caught without this one, April 8, 2009

By	Christian Rios "Cristiano" (Hattiesburg, MS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Let me first tell you, that I do not think very high of the SAP Press from a developers perspective. Few books really stand out like this one. A couple of minutes into it, you know this is going to be good. Finally, someone tells you what good ABAP code is supposed to look like. This book is good for everybody that works with ABAP and have not read it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good Book, March 31, 2008

By	Jithendra "Priya" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Initially referred this book for one topic, but it's so interesting, started reading and finished 7-8 related charters on the same day. I liked it very much. Topics and commands given for reference, Covers almost all the versions.