ABAP Development

ABAP Cloud was announced at the TechEd. What is ABAP Cloud and what does it mean for you as an ABAP developer?

Watch the replay of developer discussion of Rich Heilman with Chief Product Owner of the ABAP Platform Boris Gebhardt and Jens Weiler.

Why to learn ABAP? Your start with ABAP – there are many good reasons. If you new to ABAP and want to get an overview, just start with the ABAP for Newbies page.

If you are just curious about the ABAP history take a look at the Evolution of ABAP blog.

Which IDE to use for your ABAP development tasks? Get started with the ABAP Development Tools (ADT) in Eclipse.

ABAP Cloud is the new ABAP development model, see ABAP Cloud - What does it comprise?

• IDE: ABAP development tools (ADT) | ADT support for ABAP Cloud
• Services: ABAP Core Data Services
• Programming model: ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model
• ABAP language: ABAP for cloud development
• released basis APIs: Released Components and Objects
• public SAP APIs: How to find SAP APIs
• custom wrappers:
  • Cloud API enablement - Guide
  • Classic APIs for tier 2 development
  • Custom wrapper generator for BAPIs
  • Mitigate missing released SAP API (developer tutorial)
  • Cloud API enablement - FAQ

to build cloud-ready business apps, services and extensions.

It comes with

• SAP BTP: SAP BTP ABAP Environment
• SAP S/4HANA and works with
  • public cloud: SAP S/4HANA Cloud ABAP Environment
  • private cloud and even on-premise: ABAP Platform for SAP S/4HANA 2023

See also ABAP Cloud FAQ and ABAP Cloud on SAP Help Portal

Become SAP Certified Associate – Back-End Developer - ABAP Cloud

For partners: Certification of Partner Solutions following Clean Core

ABAP is on the road to leverage the power of GenAI and investigate and prototype potential use cases for boosting developer productivity.

Learn more in the SAP Teched 2024 sessions:
AI104 – Revolutionize ABAP development with Joule, our generative AI copilot
AD107 – Boost your coding efficiency: Explore Joule’s ABAP developer capabilities
AD180 – Build SAP Fiori Apps with ABAP Cloud powered by Joule's ABAP developer capabilities

ABAP AI Roadmap:
Roadmap Explorer
ABAP Platform Roadmap Information

ABAP AI FAQ:
ABAP AI Strategy FAQ

ABAP platform is the solid longtime foundation for SAP’s solution portfolio such as SAP’s traditional Business Suite, SAP’s flagship solution SAP S/4HANA, and other forthcoming innovative solutions such as SAP BW/4HANA. It combines the innovation potential of SAP’s in-memory database SAP HANA, the proven reliability and robustness of the ABAP server and a digital user experience through SAP’s UI technology SAP Fiori. Its proven robustness, scalability and extensibility makes it the platform of choice for running mission-critical business processes.

Learn more about ABAP Platform and its latest innovations.

ABAP Platform Strategy
ABAP Platform 2023
ABAP at SAP TechEd in 2023
ABAP at SAP TechEd 2024
ABAP at Devtoberfest by SAP TechEd 2024

If you are an ABAP developer and want to improve your skills, learn about the modern ABAP application development and state-of-the art Eclipse-based ABAP development environment, which is excellently suited for all your development tasks.

Modern ABAP Application Development

Get started with the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)
FAQ - ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)
Get Started with ABAP for SAP HANA
Get Started with ABAP Core Data Services (CDS)

ABAP Development Tools (ADT) for Eclipse

Get Started
Product page on SAP Help portal
Download ADT in Eclipse
Important changes to ADT release cycle
FAQ - Smooth transition from SE80 to ADT
ADT support for ABAP Cloud
Useful keyboard shortcuts
Features availability matrix
FAQs

Clean ABAP

ABAP Tools for Clean ABAP

Get free ABAP Cloud Developer Trial 2022 on Docker (ABAP Platform 2022)
Get free ABAP Platform 2022, Developer Edition as a Cloud Appliance (CAL)
Get free SAP NW AS ABAP 7.52 SP04 on ASE Download
Get trial of SAP BTP ABAP Environment