SAPUI5

SAPUI5 is a JavaScript framework and UI library that helps developers create cross-platform enterprise-ready web applications in an efficient way. It features more than 500 UI controls aligned with the latest SAP Fiori design guidelines and comes with built-in support for data binding, routing, message handling, and more. Most of the libraries coming with SAPUI5 are also available with the open source alternative OpenUI5.

Featured Content

What's New In SAPUI5 1.85

Learn about new features, significant improvements, important changes and key facts of the latest SAPUI5 release.

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Road Map

Explore the SAPUI5 road map to learn about current options, planned innovations, and the future direction.

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Using UI5 Web Components w/o any framework

Get a first understanding how UI5 Web Components work and how you can use them by following this hands-on post by Christian Pfisterer.

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Future UI5 versions no longer support Microsoft’s legacy browsers

This blog post highlights the end of support for for IE11 starting with SAPUI5 1.88 and Edge Legacy starting with 1.84.

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Expert Content

Best Practices and Troubleshooting

Familiarize yourself with important guidelines and tips for developing SAPUI5 apps.

Best practices for developing SAPUI5 appsSAPUI5 compatibility rulesCoding issues to avoid in your SAPUI5 appAll you need to know about stable IDsSecuring SAPUI5 appsPerformance checklist for SAPUI5 appsBest practices for async loading in SAPUI5Troubleshooting tips for SAPUI5

UI Adaptation

Learn about SAPUI5 Flexibility and the possibilities to easily change the UI of SAPUI5 apps at design-time and runtime.

SAPUI5 FlexibilityEnable your app for UI adaptationAdaptation Project – your one stop tool for extending SAPUI5 ApplicationsUI5 flexibility for key users – always at your serviceEnabling key user adaptation in FLPEnabling key user adaptation for FLP Sites

Testing Options

Get to know the test options provided with SAPUI5, what additional tools are most useful for testing your app, and how to use automation to speed up testing.

Testing options in SAPUI5Test-driven development and best practices for writing testable codeTesting your SAPUI5 application with OPA5Get Started with UIVeri5 – SAPUI5 test automationTest recorderYeoman generators for OPA5 and UIVeri5Automated user interface testing made easyTesting UI5 apps (Multi-Part Blog)Automated testing with UI5 (Multi-Part Blog)WDI5 for cross-platform integration tests

Developer Tools

There are various helpful tools around SAPUI5, some provided by SAP and lots by the community.

SAP Business Application Studio - Info blog postUI5 Tooling - An open and modular toolchain to develop UI5 AppsCollection of Custom Tasks and Custom Server-Middleware for UI5 ToolingUI5 DeployerUI5 Migration ToolIntroducing the easy-UI5 generatorUI5 language assistant for VS CodeSAPUI5 perks for VS CodeUI5 API references for VS CodeSAPUI5 workspace configuration for VS CodeUI5 Inspector (Chrome Extension)

All Things Open Source

Learn about the open source alternative OpenUI5 and other open source projects related to the UI5 framework, a number of them also coming from the community.

OpenUI5 HomepageOpenUI5 Markdown DocumentationKarma plug-in for UI5TypeScript support for UI5FHIR for UI5UI5 Web ComponentsOpenUI5 ValidatorOpenUI5 Gulp Starter KitUI5Lab: Community-driven repository for UI5 custom controlsFurther open-source community projects