Many friends who want to learn the ABAP programming language by themselves consult me online and ask me how self-study personnel can solve problems in the ABAP development environment.
The author also mentioned in this tutorial that the ABAP development environment does have some barriers compared with other popular programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.:
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Installing the ABAP development environment locally requires high local computer hardware.
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Installing the ABAP development environment locally requires everyone to have certain hands-on problem-solving abilities. Because everyone's local hardware configuration is different, you may encounter various problems. Others may not have encountered these problems. You need to search for solutions on the Internet according to the error message.
- 0. The difference between self-study ABAP and self-study SAP.
This article introduces the steps on how to install ABAP Development Tool locally:
Of course, if you are familiar with the technical system of Docker, you can install the ABAP development environment packaged by Docker through the steps introduced in this article:
Supporting local deployment, completely free ABAP is here - ABAP Platform Trial 1909 released
In addition, there is another ABAP development environment that the author of this article wants to introduce to you, that is, the cloud ABAP programming environment deployed on the SAP BTP platform.
Writing ABAP code in the cloud environment will encounter some limitations, for example, you cannot perform Dynpro and Screen programming in the traditional SAPGUI in the cloud ABAP programming environment. Some of the List processing-related keywords used in SAPGUI, such as WRITE, and codes such as CALL TRANSACTION, cannot be used in the cloud.
Of course, if you feel that the restrictions mentioned above will not affect your ABAP learning, you can continue reading this article and use the ABAP Development Tool to log in to the ABAP programming environment in the cloud.
Regarding the local installation of the ABAP Development Tool development tool, you can refer to the author’s following article:
How to install the latest version of SAP ABAP Development Tool (ADT) 2021 Annual Update
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