ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code: Patch 1.0.1 released

[thomasalexander_ritter]

What happened since the first release?

First of all, thanks to all the ABAP developers who have already tried out the new extension! You provided a lot of positive feedback & constructive criticism over the last two weeks and can be assured that we read every single one. When looking at the overall feedback three things stand out:

1. Trouble with setting up system connections. Because the extension ships with a new way for configuring system destinations, some of you had trouble configuring ABAP system access. We have already published improved documentation and we are also looking into how we can further improve the usability of these user flows in the upcoming releases.

2. Missing support for Windows ARM hardware. We added this to our backlog and already made some progress. However, further testing needs to be done until we can release it to the public.

3. Missing support for RFC + password. We communicated openly and proactively across multiple channels that RFC + password support would arrive in the next major release, and we were aware of its importance. Even so, we were still surprised by how many users are relying on classic passwords. That’s why we reacted quickly. Since the mandatory security review of such a critical change was already done, we are pleased to add support for passwords via a patch.

We also received general feedback that the community would appreciate more how-to guides. Here are some links for getting started and learning more about the extension. We are planning to provide more guides in the future.

• RAP130 tutorial. A tutorial that walks you through using the ADT MCP server together with an AI agent.
• Setup guide how to get started with GitHub Copilot. Björn Schulz published a nice guide for configuring the initial setup.
• Podcast on the ADT for VS Code extension. Rich Heilman did a podcast with some members of the ADT team. It covers a lot of technical aspects of the extension but also provides some insights into the plan for the next releases.

What gets shipped with this release?

RFC System logon via password

You can create RFC destinations with password access.

AGENTS.md template

The documentation already provides a template for an AGENTS.md file. With the update the same file gets shipped with the VS Code extension. This makes it easier to get started. We still recommend duplicating the template and adding your own company/team/project-specific instructions. The more time you spend on onboarding the agent into your project the better results it will produce.

What's next?

The next release is currently planned for next month. The planned features remain unchanged from the previous blog post:

• Support of more core development object types: RAP behavior extensions, DDIC tables, DDIC structures, DDIC enqueue objects, DDIC type groups, CDS entity buffers, programs/includes, function groups and modules, ...
• MCP tools: Unified diff tool for transports, ABAP test cockpit tools, …

Follow the ABAP Cloud Roadmap if you are interested in knowing what comes next.

Provide feedback and influence our product backlog!

We welcome your feedback! Feel free to use the comment section to let us know which features you are missing the most. Your input will help us prioritize the feature backlog for the next releases.