Scope of Java Developer??

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am a 4 years Java & 1.5 years of SAP experience person. I am thinking of entering EP field.

But from whatever I have read I think there's little scope for a Developer. There's more work for EP Administrators. As GUI M/c tool has come out even developement of Java iViews will be reducing.

Is it true? Is it advisable to make career in EP as developer??

Please guide/help me giving your opinions..

regards,

Bhushan

[JavaIndia]

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[Former Member]

The powers that be where I work seem to think it's very important to our clients. I have 7 years of experience on the entire J2EE stack but my focus now is on creating iViews in SAP for our vision of ESS/MSS(hmm, I wonder if a lot of the customized work is an HR thing). I do however think that a significant portion of the work for vanilla implementations can be done with the GUI tool, which is a good thing. Also, from my experience on other platforms, a lot of the work will involve organizing and defining the portal content.

[Former Member]

I´ve done some ESS implementations and your right about the customizing inside the HR system. A major part of the work will be inside that system.

[Former Member]

hi thomas,

I would like some pointers regarding changing some ESS iviews. In particular we need to remove some buttons and a field from one of the iviews in ESS. Can this be achieved?

thanks

Anton

[Former Member]

Can you send me your CV? I might have some work for you soon Seriously though we are not looking at the moment but we spent a lot of time trying to find someone with your skills that we could train into a portal developer. We found someone but I think we might be hiring more soon. There is a growing demand for that and it would be ideal for you to enter the market now before it gets really hot. Web skills are equally important as java/sap so know your html, xml, http, asp, css etc. No one can be an expert in all these (and java and abap) but you will need medium skills in those areas.

Bjorn V

[Former Member]

Hi,

I'm working in the EP team of a SAP HR project. I think that there is a lot of room for custom development in the Java area of the portal and many APIs to explore. So, I could imagine that there is a future for guys like you who bring both worlds together.

Regards,

Kai

[Former Member]

HI,

Which one of the java technology i.e. Servlets,JSP or EJB is mostly being used?

ussingh

[Former Member]

JSP´s are mostly used and servlets as well.

[Former Member]

Hello.

Your general idea is correct, I think.  Enterprise Portal is designed to provide, mostly without development, UI for any application. This is especially true when SAP systems are the primary content in the portal.

SAP's Web Application Server, however, is an enterprise platform for developing the simplest or most sophisticated web applications in the world.  So, just as there has been strong demand for ABAP developers for SAP R/3 functions there will be strong demand for java developers on the WAS platform.

Good Luck!

jb