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by Karl Kessler, SAP AG SAPinsider What makes SAP NetWeaver Application Server unique? Besides the fact that it is the foundation and runtime environment for nearly 90% of SAP solutions, it has important new features that address customer needs in the areas of TCO, lifecycle management, user interface strategy, embedded analytics, development, administration, and security. This article discusses those features, with a focus on the enhancements that help developers and administrators support SAP Business Suite users.
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by Dr. Thomas Weiss and Martin Jaekle, SAP AG SAPinsider Is ABAP better than Java? Or is Java better than ABAP? This first article in a two-part series shows you that it isn't a question of which development language is better; the choice depends on the situation, and sometimes the answer is both. This article offers three questions to consider at the start of your decision-making process, and then looks at a scenario in which ABAP is the best option.
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by Dr. Thomas Weiss and Martin Jaekle, SAP AG SAPinsider This two-part article series shows you that it isn't a question of which programming language — ABAP or Java — is better than the other. The choice depends on the situation, and sometimes the answer is both. This article shows you how to create a mental map to evaluate your options and make this decision by walking through some example scenarios that illustrate the questions you need to answer for your project's unique situation and conditions.
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by Karl Kessler, SAP AG SAPinsider As of enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0, developers can integrate Flash into their ABAP applications. This opens up some really cool possibilities for developers.
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by Karl Kessler, SAP AG SAPinsider SAP’s ERP strategy allows customers to implement innovations at their own pace using enhancement packages. For developers, this means understanding how to use Web Dynpro and SAP’s switch and enhancement framework to apply SAP and custom enhancements to current solutions. Here, Karl Kessler offers a high-level introduction for developers starting down this path.
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by Winfried Schleier, SAP AG SAPinsider Memory leaks can be a major resource drain, tying up memory so that other users or programs can’t use it. But these leaks are often overlooked, and it’s up to developers to uncover them. Learn how ABAP Memory Inspector, available with SAP NetWeaver, helps you proactively analyze — and eliminate — your most troublesome memory leaks.
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by Sindhu Gangadharan, SAP AG and Dr. Susanne Rothaug, SAP AG SAPinsider To reap SOA benefits like flexibility and reuse, it’s time to get out of SOA “theory” and put services to work. Walk through five best-practice steps to develop a service in ABAP (illustrated by a real-world example) with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1.
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by Winfried Schleier, SAP AG SAPinsider Despite the advent of 64-bit operating servers, memory shortages can still be a very real problem for programmers and developers. Find out why it is important to look beyond session context size – often considered the main culprit of memory problems – to find the real major cause of memory shortages: memory leaks. Find out which SAP tools will help you prevent these leaks, and which ones will help deal with existing memory leak problems.
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by Dr. Franz-Josef Fritz, SAP AG SAPinsider What’s the right balance between keeping your essential business processes on a stable platform and retaining the flexibility to stay innovative? Learn how SAP is responding to this question with its enhancement packages for SAP ERP 6.0. Get an overview of the features and functions that will become available with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and 7.1 and learn about what to expect in the future of ABAP, Java, and what was previously known as the “double stack”.
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by Karl Kessler, SAP AG SAPinsider
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