The ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver are SAP’s state-of-the-art IDE for ABAP development on the open Eclipse platform. They are designed to significantly increase developers productivity by providing the ABAP developer the unique opportunity to perform development tasks in the comfortable ABAP environment while at the same time benefiting from the proven usability, speed and flexibility of the well-known Eclipse platform.
Architectural Overview
The general idea of ABAP in Eclipse is to provide one Eclipse client that is installed on the developer PC and can connect to several backend systems from different releases. The connection is set up using a RFC/REST based protocol. The client provides a set of standard development tools such as the project explorer for system browsing and search views. In addition editors are available for each development object – classes, reports, function modules and so on. The development paradigm is still server based. This means that the development objects are stored solely on the backend (no local copies through check-in/check-out), and services such as syntax-check, search, where-used etc. run on the backend. One benefit of using Eclipse as the platform for the new ABAP development environment is its openness towards new tools and features via the Eclipse plug-in Framework. The new ABAP development infrastructure provides these plug-in capabilities also on the ABAP backend. That means, by making use of Eclipse plug-in capabilities on the frontend and ABAP development infrastructure plug-in capabilities on the backend, it is possible to contribute to the ABAP development environment with new development tools. Those tools will provide the well-known ABAP capabilities (transport, activation, version management, “Where-Used” list etc.) combined with Eclipse-based state-of-the-art UI and integration capabilities in a new highly integrated development environment.
Key Features
- Highly flexible, customizable Eclipse UI for ABAP development tools
- High-performance, failover-safe online development in several ABAP systems simultaneously
- Display and edit functionality for multiple ABAP objects in parallel
- Advanced and efficient source code editing including refactoring support
- Fast search and navigation capabilities
- Cross-system version management
- Ideal support of task-oriented and test-driven development
- Built-in extensibility of the IDE through the established Eclipse plug-in technology
- Powerful SDK for building and integrating custom ABAP development and testing tools
Download and Installation
- Download the free version of the ABAP Development Tools via the Update site: https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#abap
(see also : ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver – Trial Version, use also guide: How to download and install ABAP Development Tools ) - You can also download and install the ABAP Development Tools via the service marketplace (valid S-User required)
- See also guide How to configure ABAP backend for ABAP Development Tools
Learning Materials
- For a first impression watch the ABAP Development Tools – a Natural Evolution Video
- Using Eclipse for the first time? Get started by watching the Eclipse Workbench Tutorials
- ADT Video tutorials will guide you through essential ABAP Development Tools features
- If you have already installed the ABAP Development Tools, take a look at the ABAP Development User Guide:
Help -> Help Contents -> ABAP Development User Guide (describing ABAP Development Tools concepts and tasks) - Get an overview of the most common shortcuts by downloading the Reference Card
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