Webdynpro for ABAP vs WD for Java

[Former Member]

How different is WD for ABAP from WD for Java?

I have a good knowledge of WD for Java and I know ABAP. But how good and efficient is WD for ABAP? Would it be better to use WD for ABAP or WD for Java for SAP based portal development?

Thanks in advance,

Reena

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Roberto,

Thank you for the reply.

Except for the way you develop an application ( WDJ using NWDS and WDA using SE80 ) is there any other major difference between WDA and WDJ?

Thanks in advance,

Reena

[venkata_ramisetti · Accepted solution]

Hi Reena,

1. We can embedd the Web Dynpro for ABAP applications in SAP screens in ABAP environment. I don't think it is possible using java web dynpro.

2. As per my knowledge, The major difference between them is the debugging feature. You can not debugg the Web Dynpro for Java in SAP environment (I meanABAP Debugger), But it is possible with Web Dynpro for ABAP.

Thanks

Ramakrishna

[RichHeilman · Accepted solution]

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1. We can embedd the Web Dynpro for ABAP applications in SAP screens in ABAP environment. I don't think it is possible using java web dynpro.

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Yes, you probably can, since the application can be fired simply by a URL, there is not reason that you couldn't have an HTML control in your dynpro and point to this URL.

To answer the original question, the development model for each is pretty much the same, just two different flavors. I think that some things make WDA better, one being that it is totally integrated into the ABAP development workbench and the Transport/change control system. On the WDJ side, you development locally and "deploy" your changes using the DTR and CBS. I'm not exactly comfortable with this quite yet, which is why I like WDA better..

Another thing is that we have some built in stuff with WDA, like automatic search help functionality, ALV Grid, and Select-option functionality. I do believe that SAP is working on some of these for WDJ.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[venkata_ramisetti · Accepted solution]

Hi Rich,

Thanks for correcting me in that point.

Regards

Ramakrishna

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you. Its much easier to decide now.

Regards,

Reena