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]

Hi Ahmed

definitely java is a part of the sapnetweaver platform

how means it is the integrated of both j2ee and sap.

suppose we want to create graphical user interfaces in the sapnetweaver platform at that time j2ee background candidates would prefer webdynpro applications in the sapnetweaver platform.

in the sapnetweaver platform actually there are 2 engines i.e j2ee engine stack and abap engine stack.for executing j2ee related applications we can use j2ee stack and for abap related applications we can use abap stac written in the abap language.

All existing SAP business objects and interfaces can be used with both the J2EE environment and the ABAP environment. This approach gives us a single infrastructure that takes best advantage of both environments.

Also separate web server is not necessary to begin the web enabling of business processes.

Usually ABAP stack is used for complex business logic and J2EE stack can be best used for integration.

Regards

Sunil Kumar.R