Java vs Abap

[Former Member]

hi all

im really confused about some issues and would be very helpfull if someone helpsme out.

i already know java and worked with it for 2 years but i cant really figure out where is java in SAP.

is it true that that SAP is moving towards java technology instead of abap, if so does this mean that the development enviroment will be done in java instead of abap workbench, and when is this due to happen.

one more thing is what courses will be neccessary to take to be able to work with the java enviroment in the SAP area.

Message was edited by: ahmed ahmed

[Former Member]

hello ahmed,

>i cant really figure out where is java in SAP

the SAP Netweaver has 2 application engines: the Java(or

J2EE) stack and the ABAP stack. most of the applications

offered by SAP however are implemented in its ABAP stack

written in ABAP language, e.g. MM, FI etc...

in the java stack, that are components that work on top of

it just like EP, MI, XI and so on.

>is it true that that SAP is moving towards java

>technology instead of abap

the ABAP environment is very different with that of Java

just like in the aspects of code mgmt. SAP is currently

integrating some of the ABAP features into its Java

Development Infrastructure. and it would take some time to

port all of the mySAP application suite to java... some

functionalities of some applications have been implemented

in java web services. some functionalites however might be

hard to implement in java...

you can create a pure java application comsuming those

services. but i don't think that ABAP application suite

will be completely changed with that of java nor the ABAP

runtime will become obsolete. it will still be the

platform of critical enterprise applications.

[RichHeilman]

The core SAP ERP system will always be ABAP. SAP has too much invested in it. Over 30 years and millions of lines of code. ABAP is here to stay. Java is a nice addition to the SAP world. It will allow for total integration to other software. ABAP development will be done in SE80, java development will be done in NWDS.

Regards,

Rich Heilman