Is the book Complete ABAP by Kiran Bandari, enough to learn ABAP for a beginner?

[former_member1842]

Is the SAP press book Complete ABAP by Kiran Bandari, enough to learn ABAP for a beginner to get a job?

[kiran_k8]

🙂 All the best because no one here knows what exactly you mean by Enough especially when you are learning.

[former_member1842]

I mean, is it possible to learn ABAP just by going through this book and not having to take any classes or buy any other books?

[matt]

Since even people who've been through SAP academies and have got certification have found it very difficult to find their first job, the answer is "no - it probably isn't sufficient".

Part of ABAP development is understanding the environment in which the ABAP will exist - usually ERP, but also CRM, SRM and others. You're unlikely to have this, so thats another reason it's unlikely that simply knowing ABAP is sufficient.

[kiran_k8]

Kishore,

In real time environment lot many things will be at stake which you will not be seeing while learning using IDES or going through a book.

Learning will just give you a foot step and the rest will be like sailing in a Sea against the winds.

Don't try to fathom just keep learning.

K.Kiran.