Will SAP ABAP & ABAPers Die?

8/21/2017 120 Will ABAP and ABAPers die? Is there no space for ABAPers? | SharesSAP TECHNICAL TIPS, SOLUTIONS AND MORE... HOME SEE ALL POSTS YARD-ATHON TUTORIALS MINI-SAP (FREE) SAPUI5 FORUM FIORI GATEWAY & ODATA KNOW THY YARD MEN Pulling my facts together as an ABAPer TOPICS: Do We Have BAPIs In XS? SAP Mobility HANA ABAP Enter email Subscribe We Respect Your Privacy ! Is ABAP Dead? What Is HANA XS? SEARCH … Follow @sapyard SAP Yard 1,340 likes Liked POSTED BY: ARKAJEET DASGUPTA 86 You and 156 other friends like this AUGUST 20, 2017 34 0 Please Share!! A good friend of mine(who also happens to be the entrepreneur behind this blog as well) asked me to check this blog out sometime back. I did and found that he has done exactly what we have been searching for so long as a http://www.sapyard.com/pulling-my-facts-together-as-an-abaper/ SAP ABAP Contest – “Yardathon” 1/9 8/21/2017 Will ABAP and ABAPers die? Is there no space for ABAPers? | developer “A For Dummies Landing page for ABAPers“. I have used some of the articles for self-study myself but have been thinking of what I should contribute as I really wanted to for quite some time now. Finally pulled myself together and decided what I should write about – some personal opinions in the SAP technical space to share with my fellow colleagues, peers and juniors(Yeah….Innovation!!! This would be a rst in this space) before I start with some tutorials. Having reached the ultimate level of monotony with ABAP, I wanted to try something new three years back and started working in SAP Mobility and Hana Data Modeling (Cloud and On-Prem) as a developer. Yes, you got it right – as a Developer. My love has always been technical consulting and development although I happen to have a Management PG Diploma as well in my portfolio. Some of my friends and colleagues clearly pointed out to me that we do not have ample opportunities in the technical space in our country if you are a “Senior” and the only way to “Survive” would be to get into a managerial role, I begged to differ! I wanted to do what I loved the most and believed that there would always be some space for the “Developer” in our industry. ( Mythbuster Alert 1 – There is a technical path in our industry even if you are a senior however you need to be sellable). Contribute & Get Assured Gifts You will get a gift for every 7th article you publish. Click Here to Register & Publish Your Articles Alternatively, please email your contributions to mail@sapyard.com. Guidelines to Contribute Apply for these SAP Jobs Here SAP ABAP Links Abapinho 9 Most Popular & Featured Articles SAP HANA from Space Level SAP YARDathon "Cultivate, Learn & Grow in SAP" Lazy and Smart ABAPers DELETING rows of the internal table within the http://www.sapyard.com/pulling-my-facts-together-as-an-abaper/ 2/9 8/21/2017 Will ABAP and ABAPers die? Is there no space for ABAPers? | LOOP. Is it a Taboo? A big NO NO? Fiori App - An Introduction from an ABAPer SAP HANA at Ground Zero ABAP on SAP As I was intrigued with mobile apps I thought I should move to that area (SAP’s paradigm shift towards UX was not in full force like now, back then)- Hey I had undergone a training in Gateway and Odata sometime back as well, that would help. I knew I had to prepare so went to the Master of knowledge – GOOGLE. Googling had me come across a lot of Jargons – Fiori/HANA/Etc. ( Mythbuster Alert 2 – Fiori is not a technology but a uni ed UX platform/strategy by SAP). Being from ABAP background the obvious choice was OData, got hold of a sandbox (which you can also rent on AWS) and started my own small projects beyond my work hours. Fiddled with UI5 a bit and I could bind my small services to see some output. Yeaaaah!!! Check SAP HANA from Space Level. HANA. Part I. First Program in ABAP HANA External Debugging of an Application of another SAP User in other Location in another Machine/System Get Latitude and Longitude of any place using Google Map API in SAP ABAP DEVELOPMENT FOR SAP HANA TUTORIALS Two months of hard labour put in and I thought I was ready but hey there’s a new kid in town that is causing some stir in the SAP space (including mobility) – http://www.sapyard.com/pulling-my-facts-together-as-an-abaper/ NOVEMBER 30, 2016 ABAP on 3/9 8/21/2017 Will ABAP and ABAPers die? Is there no space for ABAPers? | HANA. What does a database have to do with mobility? ( Mythbuster Alert 3 – HANA is not only a Database but also a platform built by SAP which supports other languages like Java etc especially with the combination of Cloud Foundry). It so happens that HANA DB has a thin application layer which lets you expose underlying data models (On-Prem and Cloud) as services and is extremely performance optimized. God!!! Another new learning in my “To Do List”. Went to the master again and searched for “How To”s but could not nd much so decided it is the time I get my hands dirty to acquire the knowledge. And so it all started, all on my own? Of course not – I underwent a training in HANA(internal) as well but that was basic – Coming to the point at last after so many (unnecessary?) lines/words. What is XS – Like I said, it is a thin application layer over the Hana Database that lets you expose underlying models in lieu of services. But that has NO ABAP and is all SQLScript and XSJavaScript. What about ABAP then? Where did it go? It is still there and I do not know how long it will be that popular or whether it will be replaced by something else. For now, at least for creating a sales order programmatically BAPI is the best way to go. Do we have BAPIs in XS? NO! Some respite atlast….but hold on. We do have built-in library functions which serve some of the purposes. Maybe someday we will have a function to save an order as well, who knows? One good thing is OnPrem gives us the option of good old ABAP so no worries, who cares if Cloud has only the XS route. ABAP is there to stay I felt but then again, would I be using two different languages in the cloud and on-prem version of the same application software? I have no idea, confused. Decided to leave the tea stall debates ( ABAP/No ABAP in future) and get myself acquainted with the new kid in town(XS) instead. I believe if I need to stay in the technical area (which I love and am proud to call myself a Developer) I need to upgrade myself for myself as well as my Organization who needs to compete everyday in the market with other big players, I also need to add my two http://www.sapyard.com/pulling-my-facts-together-as-an-abaper/ SELECT OPTIONS ABAP on SAP HANA. Part X. AMDP with SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 ABAP on SAP HANA. Part IX. AMDP – ABAP Managed Database Procedure SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 ABAP on SAP HANA. Part VIII. ADBC – ABAP DataBase Connectivity AUGUST 29, 2016 ABAP on SAP HANA. Part VII. SQL Script and SAP HANA Stored Procedure AUGUST 17, 2016 ABAP on SAP HANA. Part VI. New Age Open SQL ABAP 740 4/9 8/21/2017 Will ABAP and ABAPers die? Is there no space for ABAPers? | cents back. It is because of our organizations we work for that we can call ourselves “Seniors”. Also Read: Create your rst program in HANA. It is a consumer-centric industry and we need to think about our customers. I felt, they no longer want a good solution, they want a good cheap solution now as they need to compete as well in the market every day. Maybe ABAP will still be there, maybe it won’t. I believe if I keep upgrading myself I will stay sellable for myself and my organization and that is what matters to me as a professional. It’s time to pull myself together and as “O Great One” says, Just Do it!!!! http://www.sapyard.com/pulling-my-facts-together-as-an-abaper/ 5/9 8/21/2017 Will ABAP and ABAPers die? Is there no space for ABAPers? | Cloud is NOW (not the future anymore) and Modelling/Mobility/XS so far good ways to go parallelly(I don’t have a vision so not sure 5 years down the line). The IT industry always has a technical path and it is up to us to ll the gap in the niche areas and stay sellable as professionals. How we do it and if we decide to is up to us, opportunities are there in plenty.( Mythbuster Alert 4 – This is the end of this nonsense talk, however, I plan to be back with some tutorials in the mentioned areas – hopefully, if people don’t throw stones at me after reading all of the above). Note – The opinions and thoughts expressed in the above article are completely personal and has no connection to any corporate/business/package direction or decision. Also, it is not meant to hurt anyone’s feelings and is entirely a personal journey where all my colleagues/peers/seniors have been pillars of strong support and cooperation! The above article encompasses only one area of SAP mobility and does not mean to say that there is no other option to explore as an ABAPer. Do you Agree with me? I want to hear from you. Whether you agree or not, please leave your quick comments below. Let’s start a healthy debate. 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Is there no space for ABAPers? | tools and SAP utility product under his belt. Find more about him on LinkedIn. 3 COMMENTS ON "PULLING MY FACTS TOGETHER AS AN ABAPER" Raju Shrestha | August 21, 2017 at 8:47 am | Reply To the point.. Every Consultant irrespective of the Technology would face this dilemma.. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am sure this would motivate many developers (including me) to take the right decision.. there is no end to Learning and upgrading our skill.. Looking forward to your next post. ayanpal1 | August 21, 2017 at 5:11 am | Reply Absolutely loved the post (especially the myth buster portions), as well as the way you have upgraded yourself over the last three years. Something many of us (including me) can obviously learn from. Inspirational and witty, this was indeed a fun read. Kudos and may there be many more! 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