SAP/Java Advice

[Former Member]

Hello All experts, I am Java/J2EE Developer with 5 years of expience, looking for career shift to SAP.I am specifically interested in learning SAP modules involving Java so that I can leverage my existing skills. Looking for advice on what modules to choose and how to and where to start..

Thanks in advance.

PS: i am new to SAP forums and started exploring all forums. If i am posting in the wrong place, please point me to right forum

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Hi levelhead2005

SAP have a very big World to learn. It's difficult to list all the things that you can start learn. When i started with SAP i had 3 years of experience in java. A good way to you start is in list below:

- Web Dynpro: framework develop by SAP to develop web application. It concetp very hard componentization. Use java a lot, but in union of web dynpro API (in java). This is a high level development concept.

- Composite Application Framework (CAF) - If you know EJB, this is going to be very similiar, but a high level develop. Actually, is an EJB. But in a different way to develop

- Mobile: Very good framework to develop mobile application.

This two tecnologies, i think is the main tecnologies which you can develop codes with java. There are a lot of another like Visual Composer, Business Process Management (BPM), Guide Procedures(GP) and others...

You can find in SDN a lot of material about this topics.

All the best

Marcos

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Marcos and Sri.. Thanks for the prompt response

I am experienced in both web and enterprise Java.From your posts and what I found in my research,I see Web DynPro is a good module to start with and I see Web DynPro,being a web UI module, is a part of SAP EP.

I need further assistance with the following

1. I need SAP access to practice Web DynPro.I wanna know how to setup Dev environment and where to get the software for educational/learning purpose..links will be helpful..

do I need to buy a remote SAP Netweaver server as well..Right pointers will be appreciated..

2. When I checked teh SAP site,their training catalog mentions the following modules relating to Java.I am using these just as a ref. for what to learn. Seems like 3,4,5 below are more relevant to Java.Seems like Web DynPro is the first one to start coz I see it most prevalently appearing in job posts as well.

I am in Maryland,USA..I did not find any SAP labs near by in east coast.Being new, I am not sure whom to approach for training..googling does not help much .or in general do you suggest any training resources relating to the following SAP training catalog.

1.SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment

-Java/J2EE + Some Modeling stuff

2.SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (User inteface related)

3.Web Dynpro --> Business Programming with Java

-SAP J2SE Fundamentals(JA100)

-SAP J2EE Fundamentals(JA300)

-Java WebDynPro Basics(JA310)

-Advanced Java WebDynPro (JA312)

-Integration of SAP interactive forms into WebDynPro for Java(JA313)

-Java WebDynPro Business Graphics (JA314)

-SAP Java Persistence Framework(JA320)

-SAP Java Open integration Technologies(JA331)

4.Development Consultant SAP NetWeaver 2004s - Portal (SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0)

-SAP J2SE Fundamentals(JA100)

-SAP J2EE Fundamentals(JA300)

-Java WebDynPro Basics(JA310)

-SAP Netweaver Portal Development (TEP12)

5.SAP Portal Development

-SAP NetWeaver Portal Fundamentals

-JA300 SAP J2EE Fundamentals or Development of J2EE Applications

-JA310 Java Web Dynpro Basics

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi levelhead2005

About the course and trainning:

- NetWeaver Composition Enviroment

here you are going to understand all the NetWeaver platform, at least the main components.

There are an on-line trainning very good - OCE71_73 OKP SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1

- WebDynpro

some trainnigs that you have post in web dynpro are presential, like JA100, JA300, JA310 and others.

i make three of this trainnings, JA310, JA320 AND JA331

- J2SE, JEE if you have experience, isn't necessary.

This e-learnigs and trainning are about the old version of NetWeaver(7.0). Now we are in version 7.1.

There some considerable changes in this versions, however help so much in new version.

In this link you can get all the necessary software to begin your development. This is a trial version, expire in 90 days:

[https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/downloads?rid=/library/uuid/00846edd-355b-2b10-f38c-df94ec96eb74|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/downloads?rid=/library/uuid/00846edd-355b-2b10-f38c-df94ec96eb74]

In this link you can find a lot of good information about SAP NetWeaver development:

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Regards

Marcos

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Being new,got lost on SDN site finding the necessary software. Thanks so much for the links.

I got the the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1 SR5 Evalution SDN Version on my machine.Now I have access to follwoing to get started with WebDynPro and EP development.

SAP NetWeaver Application Server, Java(TM) EE 5 Edition

SAP Web Dynpro

SAP Composition Environment and Tools

MaxDB 7.6 database

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio

I will also think of the online couse you mentioned "OCE71 SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1 (SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1)".

Will post if i have any further questions.

[Former Member]

The links provided and suggestions helped a lot.

[Former Member]

Hi,

If u are java developer then u can choose SAP Enterprise portals.EP is frontend to SAP using which u can develop Portal applications for the End user , usin java programming.

Regards,

Sri