Your guide to better ABAP code!

Clean ABAP A Style Guide for Developers

written by Klaus Haeuptle, Florian Hoffmann, Rodrigo Jordão, Michel Martin, Anagha Ravinarayan, Kai Westerholz

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351 pages, 2021, Print edition hardcover
ISBN 978-1-4932-2026-7 351 pages, 2021
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ABAP developers, are you looking to clean up your code? Then pick up this official companion to the Clean ABAP GitHub repository! This book is brimming with best practices, straight from the experts, to help you write effective ABAP code. Start by learning when to apply each clean ABAP practice. Then, dive into detailed code examples and explanations for using classes, methods, names, variables, internal tables, and more. From writing code to troubleshooting and testing, this is your complete style guide!

Learn to write readable, maintainable ABAP code
Improve the way you work with classes, interfaces, methods, variables, tables, and more
Understand how to choose useful names, write strong comments, and format code correctly

About the Book About the E-book 351 pages, hardcover, 1 in. Reference book format 7 x 10 in. Printed black and white on 60# offset paper from sustainable sources. Casebound for durability. Reader-friendly serif font (TheAntiquaB 9.5 Pt.). One-column layout. E-book in full color. PDF (5 MB), EPUB (8 MB) file for download, DRM-free with personalized digital watermark. Copy and paste, bookmarks, and print-out permitted. Table of contents, in-text references, and index fully linked. Including online book edition in dedicated reader application.

In this book, you’ll learn about:

Clean ABAP Concepts

What is clean ABAP and why is it important to write clean code? Understand clean ABAP concepts with insight from the experts, including special considerations for legacy code and performance.
Best Practices

Walk through the what, why, and how behind clean ABAP best practices. Learn to improve your code, including using classes and interfaces appropriately, handling method design and control flow, designing and running unit tests, and much more.
Practical Examples

See clean ABAP practices in action! Improve your understanding of how to write effective code. Use detailed examples for each best practice that demonstrate the difference between clean and messy code.

Highlights include:

Classes and interfaces
Methods
Names
Variables and literals
Internal tables
Control flow
Comments
Formatting
Error handling
Unit testing
Packages

Reading Sample

Table of Contents

Klaus Haeuptle is a developer, trainer, and product owner for engineering topics. During his career at SAP, he has worked as a developer on several products based on various technologies.

Florian Hoffmann is a software architect for governance, risk, and compliance applications at SAP.

Rodrigo Jordão is a development architect at SAP currently working on integrated business planning (IBP) with a focus on SAP Supply Chain Control Tower.

Michel Martin is a development architect at SAP. He has played various roles during his SAP career, including leading trainings, managing projects, and coaching teams on ASE, lean principles, and scrum.

Anagha Ravinarayan is a developer at SAP working on SAP S/4HANA Cloud and on-premise applications in capacity planning and demand-driven replenishment product areas using ABAP, SAP HANA, and SAPUI5.

Kai Westerholz is a senior developer working in the SAP S/4HANA quote-to-cash area. In this role, he focuses on creating APIs like the Sales Order Simulation API or the Sales Order Bulk Processing API.

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Clean ABAP A Style Guide for Developers

In this book, you’ll learn about:

Clean ABAP Concepts

Best Practices

Practical Examples

Highlights include:

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