ABAP in Eclipse: Install, Configure, Use, and Enhance Your ADT

by Lukasz Pegiel

Overview

Master Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) Development Tools by installing, customizing, and using them in Eclipse.

The book begins by describing the installation and customization of ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse and how to adjust the IDE to meet your requirements. You will discover the ABAP Development Tools functionality that helps you be more efficient in programming in the ABAP language, including refactoring, markers, quick fixes, unit testing, and much more. Moving on, you will cover the available Eclipse plugins that you can use with ABAP Development Tools to make Eclipse even more developer-friendly: ABAP Continuous Integration and ABAP Extensions. Finally, you will learn how to create your own Eclipse plugin that is integrated with ABAP Development Tools.

This book is perfect for every ABAP developer who wants to get started with ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse, as well as experienced ADT users who would like to take advantage of hidden functions or external extensions for ADT and Eclipse.

What You Will Learn

• Install and configure your ABAP in Eclipse to meet your personal requirements
• Discover the functionalities of ABAP in Eclipse that will accelerate your development
• Use additional extensions to make your work with Eclipse more enjoyable
• Create your own plugin that works with ABAP in Eclipse

Who This Book Is For

ABAP developers that want or need to switch to Eclipse and current ABAP in Eclipse users who want to learn its possibilities and hidden features.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484269626
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	05/30/2021
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	487
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Łukasz is IT manager for SAP applications at Hager Group. He has been active in the SAP community for more than ten years. He mostly shares his knowledge on his blog (Abap Blog). He is a creator of the following Eclipse plugins: ABAP Favorites, ABAP Extensions, and ABAP Quick Fix. He also shares his ABAP projects or frameworks on GitHub as fidley; these include: Fast ALV Grid, JSON2ABAPType, Customers, and ALV Grid in a Nutshell. He was a speaker at the last four #sitWROs and attended a few others around Europe. SAP Developer Hero 2016 and SAP Champion from 2019. He can also teach you how to brew a beer.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Installation, Basic Configuration

Chapter Goal: Provide information about how to get started with ABAP in Eclipse

Sub -Topics

1. How to install Eclipse & ABAP Development Tools

2. How to create ABAP Projects and structure of the project explorer

3. Perspectives

4. Standard Eclipse and ADT Views

5. Eclipse Preferences

Chapter 2: Eclipse and ADT Preferences

Chapter Goal: Explain possibilities of configuration of your Eclipse environment

Sub -Topics

1. Update sites

2. Debug preferences

3. ABAP Development Preferences

4. Syntax highlighting

5. Eclipse Preferences

Chapter 3: How to Use ABAP in Eclipse to Accelerate your Work

Chapter Goal: Describe all known functionalities of ABAP in eclipse that will make the developer life easier

Sub - Topics

1. Refactoring

2. Quick fixes

3. Completion assistant

4. Markers

5. Formatting, Formatting of block

6. Block Selection

7. ATC

8. Unit Test

9. etc.. all functionalities of

10. Shortcuts CheatSheet

Chapter 4: Eclipse Extensions that will make the difference

Chapter Goal: Description of Eclipse plugins for ABAP and global, that can enhance hugely the work with ADT

No of pages :

Sub - Topics:

1. ABAP CI plugin

2. abapGit Plugin

3. ABAP Favorites

4. ABAP Extensions

5. ABAP Quick Fixes

6. ABAP Tags

7. Darkest Dark

8. Any Edit

9. etc.

Chapter 5: Chapter Goal: Explain the way of creation of Eclipse plugins

Sub - Topics:

1. Basic information about creating an Eclipse plugin

2. Creation of Eclipse plugin with TreeView or Table control and testing it

3. Explanation of features and update sites

Chapter 6: Extending ABAP Development Tools

Chapter Goal: Show example of simple Eclipse plugin that works with ABAP development tools to support the developer & how to create your own quick fixes for ATC checks

Sub - Topics:

1. Creation of Eclipse plugins calling ABAP backend

2. Creating quick fix for ATC Checks