hi folks,
does anybody know what about the middle term future of web AS, in detail the ABAP stack.
as i have heard with web AS 640 also WebDynpro runtime+design comes for ABAP, similar to eclips webDynrpo.
i heard in other sessions that from a developing point of view, some new features will be available in java only and sap's direction is to go more the java way, also in the backend business application part.
will these things happen like that or are there any official statements about sap's developing strategy and thei effects to sap's applications like mySAP ERP????
kind regards,
oliver
Hi Oliver
I'm sure you will see new features in future in the Java environment that will not be in the ABAP environment, but I'm sure that 99 out of 100 developers can do without these features.
In fact I can't see at all why we need the Java stuff in R/3. It can almost make a grown up man cry to think about how much more features we could have with ABAP development if SAP had put all the money they spend on Java into ABAP instead.
What a waste =o|
Thomas Madsen Nielsen
Hello Oliver,
lets begin with a very clear statement: SAP is NOT moving from ABAP to Java but rather adding Java/J2EE as another platform of choice to NetWeaver. Will mySAP ERP be rewritten in Java? There are absolutely no such plans for the forseable future. New functionality for mySAP ERP will however be introduced based on Java/J2EE or ABAP.
However SAP does not guarantee that all features being available for the Java stack will be at the same time available for the ABAP stack and vice versa. This is also true for Web Dynpro for ABAP. Many features are available in Web Dynpro for Java right now but will make it upon request into WD for ABAP.
Please stay tuned for an official announcement how and then WD for ABAP will be made available for developers.
I hope this information is helpful for you.
Best regards
Ivo
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