Eclipse or SAP Web IDE

[Former Member]

Hello, in my research about OpenUI5 i found that both Eclipse and SAP Web IDE works well, so my  question is Which one should i use?, i'm familiar with eclipse and the SAP Web IDE looks very frendly to me, but since i'm new with OpenUI5 i really want to learn it the best way i can, i also can use the old way (with notepad++ and Lots of coding ) but i'm not really a web developer myself, mostly of my coding was made in some IDE (from devcpp to visual studio and codeblocks) so i really want to use some IDE, well that's all.  Have a nice day everyone.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Jose,

SAP Web IDE is the tool recommended by SAP for UI5 development.But the only problem is ,it's available for free only for 90 days unless your are SAP employee or partner.

Whereas Eclipse is free to use with all the features but it is no longer supported by SAP, so in future there can be some sort of compatibility issues in your Fiori app once it is deployed.

So my final verdict is go with SAP Web IDE if you can get the licence ,else use Eclipse as it has all the same features and functionalities (even more easier to use )

Regards,

Devaarth

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Devaarth, i think i'll go with eclipse, because there are some burocratic issues in my company so by the time i have full access to the web IDE (if i really get access someday) i have done the job with eclipse, thanks again for the advise

[junwu · Accepted solution]

WHO TOLD U ECLIPSE IS NOT SUPPORTED?????

[junwu · Accepted solution]

for learning, eclipse is more than enough.

[Jitendra_Kansal · Accepted solution]

SAP Web IDE is the tool recommended by SAP for UI5 development.But the only problem is ,it's available for free only for 90 days unless your are SAP employee or partner.

What? 90 days? Where have you read it?

Free account (trial) account is perpetual , that means it never expires.

Regards,

JK

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I think he was talking about the SAP HANA database instance ( i have one that expires in about ten days naw, and it last one month) but thans for clarifing that the use of the web ide is free.

Regards