Become an ABAP in Eclipse Feature Explorer and earn the Explorer Badge

[ThFiedler]

Remark: Mission ended on December, 31th.

But you can still post about ABAP in Eclipse and your experiences :wink:

Last week we launched the ABAP in Eclipse Fan mission on SCN. With the ABAP in Eclipse Fan badge you are already showing your passion towards ABAP in Eclipse and your willingness to support the community. Now it is time to move on.

Today we are launching the Feature Explorer mission.

Your challenge is to discover the most important features of ABAP in Eclipse and share your experience with the community. Once you did that you will get the ABAP in Eclipse Feature Explorer badge.

So what are your tasks to accomplish the mission and get the Feature Explorer Badge?

With the latest ABAP in Eclipse version 2.24  ( ABAP Development Tools version 2.24 available now on Updatesite ) we offer a new interactive learning solution in Eclipse.
The feature explorer helps ABAP developers get onboarded in Eclipse. Read the blog Get more out of ABAP in Eclipse with the Feature Explorer

Step 1: Update your eclipse installation to the latest version 2.24.
In case you are new to ABAP in Eclipse follow the installation instructions on our Eclipse updatesite: SAP Development Tools for Eclipse

Step 2: Start your eclipse and open the Feature Explorer:

On the welcome screen you can start the interactive explorer tour. In the beginners tour we have 3 stages for you including the most important features you need. So click through the stages and enjoy your tour. Once you have accomplished the final stage you are done and you see an overview of the discovered features. 

Step 3: Now it is time to show the community that you have completed the tour and share your experience and feedback. Write a blog post in the ABAP in Eclipse community and once you’ve done that, the team will review your submission and we will give you the ABAP in Eclipse Explorer badge. The qualification criteria are the following:

• Write a blog post in the ABAP in Eclipse space
• Tag the blog post with "aie_feature_explorer"
• In your blog post, write with a personal style and answer as many of the questions below as you can:
  • Please introduce yourself and tell us how long you’ve developed with ABAP
  • Did you know about Eclipse before you took this ABAP in Eclipse Explorer challenge?
  • Do you think the feature explorer is helpful to onboard new developers?
  • What is your favorite feature of the beginners tour?
  • Have you explored additional features of Eclipse that you like?
  • Mention some ABAP developers in the community that should know ABAP in Eclipse. You can use “@” and then type their name so that they get notified when you mention them.
• Comment to my blog post here and provide the link to your own blog post in your comment.
• Wait a few days to see the badge uploaded on your profile, we will proceed with weekly uploads.

Have fun!

Regards,
Thomas.

[prkash_s]

Hi ,

  Excellent  Information

[christianlechne]

Hi Thomas,

here another one of the blogs on AiE Feature Explorer:

AiE Feature Explorer ... The Next Generation of ABAP Development

Best Regards

Christian

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I just begin to learn the ABAP. And I have installed the SAP NW 7.4 and Eclipse successfully. But it ask the development license when I created the the first program in eclipse. Anyone can share me how to apply the develop license in SAP?

Thanks

Presley

[former_member1716]

Hi thomasfiedler,

Thanks for this wonderful contest. I have created a blog in the link below, please have a check.

My experience with - aie_feature_explorer

Thanks and Regards,

Satish Kumar Balasubramanian

[Former Member]

Eclipse will bring a world of change ...

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Please have my first blog about ABAP in Eclipse in http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse/blog/2014/06/04/my-first-coding-about-abap-in-eclipse

[Former Member]

Great way of motivation

thanks for support

[Former Member]

Now the world has a bit more features to explore ... 🙂

The A4E mission - aka "It's good enough"

[Former Member]

Hello Thomas,

here is my blog post for aie_feature_explorer.

http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse/blog/2014/06/13/mission-aie-feature-explorer

Thanks and Regards,

Ewald Thüringer

[former_member191569]

Hello THomas,

you can check my blog post about the new Feature Explorer here:

Discovering Feature Explorer in the new "ABAP in Eclipse" release 2.24

[Former Member]

Give a short description how to get the feature explorer window. In my early eclipse trys and tests I closed the window. As I wanted to start the feature explorer mission I didn't know how to get it back.

[Florian]

Hi Ewald,

it is an ABAP-View. Go to Window - Show View

~florian

[Former Member]

Nice one.

[former_member191694]

Hi Thomas,

Nice This blog help us to move forward for ABAP.

Regards,

Mayank Shah

[patelyogesh]

SAP is changing so quickly that hard to keep it up with all tools and apps... amazing progress.

-Yogesh

[Former Member]

Hi Thomas,

link to my post Feature Explorer.

R/

Robert

[former_member190492]

Hola Thomas

Ya realice la experiencia la puedes encontrar, me parece muy bueno e interesante el tener un entorno unificado en Eclipse

en http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse/blog/2014/07/01/mi-experiencia-en-abap-con-las-caracter%C3...

[dirk_roeckmann]

Hi Thomas,

great idea, great features!

Link to my blog post My experience of the ABAP in Eclipse feature explorer tour

regards

Dirk

[Former Member]

Hi, Thomas,

It is really  a great progress.It will help new ABAP learner.

[Former Member]

Nice one.

[armandomuozsule]

Very very nice!

[pfefferf]

Hi Thomas,

one more Feature Explorer blog post (AiE (Feature Explorer)... or why I find developing with ABAP not so bad anymore)

Best regards,

Florian

[sujeet2918]

Good Information..

[Former Member]

hi,

My Feature Explorer blog post:

http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse/blog/2014/07/14/my-feature-explorer-review

Best regards,

Ricardo.

[Former Member]

Hello Thomas,

This is my blog post:

Mission AIE Feature Explorer

Best regards,

Pau

[johannes_gilbert]

Hi Thomas,

I'm glad to see this approach to code ABAP has been evolved and extended over the years! Eclipse is a powerful IDE, thus, bringing ABAP development to this IDE is just great.

Here's my johannes.gilbert/blog/2014/07/24/intro-to-abap-in-eclipse-abap-development-tools.

Best Regards,

Johannes

[Former Member]

Hi Thomas,

Great one, I just did my post

Cheers

Senthil

[Former Member]

An awesome post...

[Former Member]

Hi Thomas,

Great one, I just did the AIE post

Cheers

Senthil

[Former Member]

Hello!

Congrats for your post and your initiative!!

Experience of Feature Explorer in ABAP for Eclipse

[Former Member]

Nice Post and good initiative .It is very hard to break the  old habits but change should be taken for broader spectrum.. and looking forward for  more on AIE.

[former_member191936]

Hi Thomas,

I went through the eclipse feature explorer beginners tour. I wold like to know is there some more tours are available as intermediate or expert tour. My eclipse version is kepler service release 2 ,build id 20140224-0627.Today I updated this one from check from updates from help menu.Today its updated to ABAP core development tools (Developer edition) version 2.28.4

Regards,

Madhusmita

[Former Member]

That is correct as of now. ADT plug-in current version is 2.28.4 as you see here.

[stefan_eisen]

Hi Thomas,

made it ... :cool: . Look at this: Success! Made my first steps in ABAP in Eclipse with the Feature Explorer...

See you,

Stefan

[former_member190897]

nice post

[rajkumarnarasimman]

Hi Thomas,

Please find the blog below. 

Blog - Sucessfully installed Eclipse in my system

Regards

Rajkumar Narasimman

[christian_rosa]

Hello Thomas,

congratulations for your nice work that certainly simplify adoption of the tool.

Check my post in this address:

My view on ABAP Eclipse and Feature Explorer

Best Regards,
Christian Rosa

[ThFiedler]

Hi Madhusmita,

yes, we are planning new Feature Tours. Currently we are evaluating the content for the next tour. If you have any suggestion, please let me know.

Regards,

Thomas.

[Former Member]

Hello Thomas,

This is a new area for me :smile:

Excellent IDE for developers that already use eclipse :smile:

AiE itself is a great tool for ABAP development and developing in it is definitely fun :smile:

I will create my first blog in few days:)

Nice evening

Gabriel SAULESCU

[Former Member]

Hi thomasfiedler

Thanks for this awesome mission and great idea.

Please check my blog Feature Explorer in AiE

Thanks.

[former_member191128]

Especial!

[former_member191663]

Hi Thomas,

Excellent idea!!

Thanks :smile:

[rohit3611]

Hi thomasfiedler

i have posted a blog

ABAP in Eclipse explored

Best regards,

Rohit

[Former Member]

Hi,

This is my blog.

Eclipse Feature Explorer

Regards

Ruks

[JerryWang]

Hello Thomas,

Thanks a lot for your great job! I have several feedback which have been posted to my blog: Opinions on feature explorer of ABAP in Eclipse from an ABAP veteran's eye

Best regards,

Jerry

[rhviana]

Hi, Amaizing and nice blog

Eclipse Feature Explorer

Regards,

BR.

Viana

[Former Member]

Hi,

Well that is a great challenge!

Please find my blog: ABAP in Eclipse - Feature Explorer

Thank you and best regards,

Ashvin

[Former Member]

Hi ;

Great idea,nice blog, thanks a lot.

Regards.

Özgün.

[vkris215]

Hi,

I've added the ABAP tools in the Eclipse, but i don't have a SAP GUI logon on my system. So, it isn't allowing to proceed. Can someone help me resolve this issue.

Thanks,

Chaitanya.

[ThFiedler]

Hi Chaitanya,

you can also create the system connection manually without having SAP GUI installed.

See my blog for more details: http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse/blog/2014/07/03/get-abap-development-tools-228-and-find-ou...

Regards,

Thomas.