ABAP Freak Show – Introduction to Web Dynpro ABAP

by Thomas Jung on August 3, 2010 at 5:37 pm

You might be wondering why I decided now was a good time to record an ABAP Freak Show series on the basics and architecture of Web Dynpro ABAP. After all shouldn’t I be busy with SAP TechEd 2010 preparations. As it turns out, the two are closely related. As custom development track lead for SAP TechEd 2010, I had the opportunity to really expand the amount of Web Dynpro ABAP development that was offered this year. At the same time I still had to work within budget restrictions. For example I really wanted to have a 4 hour hands-on for Advanced Web Dynpro ABAP. As it turns out I ended up having to break this topic up into 2 – 2 hour lectures and a 2 hour hand-on. I actually ended up with more content hours for Web Dynpro ABAP in the end by running out of 4 hour hands-on slots.

Not all the budgets restrictions worked out as nicely. I really needed to cut a 1 hour lecture. We have been presenting the introduction to Web Dynpro ABAP since 2005 (or some form even before then). I remember going to this session when I was still at customer working at Kimball International. Therefore it became a prime target for our reduction efforts.

In past years we have conducted a 1 hour lecture and a 4 hour hands-on for the introduction to Web Dynpro ABAP. The slides and presentation material are the same between these two sessions and often attendees went to both. Last year I taught both the lecture and hands-on version. By the end of the week in Las Vegas after presenting the same basic material 4 times in as many days, I was pretty sick of hearing it. I would imagine people that attended both the lecture and hands-on sessions probably felt similar.

Therefore we made a decision to no longer offer the 1 hour lecture version. As many customers are still just experiencing Web Dynpro ABAP for the first time as their companies upgrade we want to support their efforts. The 4 hour hands-on will remain. It is session CD160 (Las Vegas / Berlin). We believe that the time spent hands-on with the development environment is one of the best ways to learn the tool.

We didn’t completely discard the lecture version of the materials, however. Instead we decided the best way to service those who wish to begin learning Web Dynpro ABAP is to provide these materials as eLearning Videos all the time (for free) on SDN and Enterprise Geeks. So now you can study these introductory materials any time you want. Then come to TechEd and enforce what you learned via a Hands-On session or built up to try one of the more advanced Web Dynpro ABAP sessions.

ABAP Freak Show – ABAP Tutorial Links

by Ed Herrmann on July 30, 2010 at 11:44 am

As many of the loyal egheads know, Thomas Jung has posted some great ABAP tutorials on the ABAP Freak Show. This post is a quick summary of some of these available tutorials to make it easier to watch later and pass around to all of your fellow ABAPers.

• ABAP OO (Object Oriented) Tutorial Thomas Jung – July 2009
• ABAP UI Flexibility Thomas Jung – February 2010
• Web Dynpro Performance Tools Thomas Jung – March 2010
• Introduction to Web Dynpro ABAP Thomas Jung – July 2010

Demo Jam Submission Countdown

by Craig Cmehil on July 20, 2010 at 5:26 am

It’s the last two weeks of submissions for the SAP TechEd 2010 Demo Jam event! I’ve heard a lot of great stuff and I know there is more out there so take the opportunity and submit! you’ve still got until July 31, 2010 to get in your demo submission!

innojagd: a focused challenge!

by Craig Cmehil on June 8, 2010 at 8:48 am

Just found this in my inbox and thought I would share, as I started the whole “innojagd” I often got/get asked what type of innovations and my answer is always “every type” of innovation so with this mail I thought I could at least give you a focused challenge to play with as well!

The non-profit Seeker organization, First12, is interested in gaining the help and input of the Solvers in order to build a web-based tool for efficient discovery of open educational resources found on the web. The impact of this work has the potential to be dramatic. The resulting solution could be an important platform component for 21st century learning systems and have applications in both developing and developed countries. The solution could potentially both increase the viability of individualized education, and decrease the cost of delivering relevant learning resources.

This one has a $10,000 prize attached so have a look at the challenge!

innojagd, challenge to the egHeads

by Craig Cmehil on May 26, 2010 at 10:18 am

Now for a few weeks I’ve been talking about “innojagd” and I’ve posted about it and others have as well but what really is it all about? Thorsten captured a little bit about it on video at the Frankfurt SAPPHIRE NOW event but I thought I should dust off the old “Starship Enterprisey” lens and gear and put this little video together with my thoughts specifically for all of you egHeads out there.

Think you got what it takes? Sign up then!