If you'd like to learn how to program your first executable ABAP applications, then this book is your ideal companion. Whether or not you're already familiar wi... » 

If you'd like to learn how to program your first executable ABAP applications, then this book is your ideal companion. Whether or not you're already familiar with another programming language, you'll benefit from straightforward explanations and step-by-step instruction to efficiently master the basics of programming business-critical applications with ABAP.

Comprehensive, easy-to-follow descriptions introduce you to each of the relevant concepts and an ongoing practical scenario that continues throughout the book ensures that you familiarize yourself with all major areas of ABAP development. Numerous step-by-step procedures, screenshots, and solution tips are employed by the authors to describe procedural and object-oriented language elements in a clear and easy-to-understand way. In each chapter, you'll further extend the sample application, allowing you to build the skills needed to easily reproduce the development of a comprehensive ABAP application - including all of its intricate details.

Highlights Include: Getting Started with the System Object Navigator Procedural Language Elements Database Accesses User Interfaces and Screen Input and Output Object-Oriented Language Elements Software Architecture and Software Design SAP Programming Guidelines and Tools «