ABAP
Blogs about my work with the ABAP programming language. Topics include design, best practices and real-life experiences.
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Example domain or email address
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1–2 minutesIn documentation, you sometimes need an email address or a domain as an example. But which one should you use? After all, a fictitious domain or email address could really exist.
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SPA/GPA parameters with linking class
There are topics that belong together. For example, the SPA/GPA parameters. Clarifying their interaction helps to quickly understand the design and data flow in a process.
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Either Design Pattern
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2–3 minutesThrowing and handling exceptions can make reading and understanding source code difficult. The Either design pattern is an approach to avoid exactly this problem.
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We love Formulare Podcast #15
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1–2 minutesDear community, episode 15 of the German-language “We love Formulare” podcast is available to listen to. In this episode, Frank Engert and I reported on our participation in the ABAPConf 2024 in Mannheim and our presentation. I had already written this blog about it. Since the podcast and the presentation are in German, here is…
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Own application on SAP S/4HANA or SAP BTP?
The question in the title of the blog is likely to be on the minds of many developers. Every piece of information is valuable when making a decision.
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BAPI protocol as object
BAPI function modules output their messages via the return table, sometimes also a return structure. As a developer, you do not have to continue working with the internal table or structure, because in an object-oriented programming language you prefer to work with objects.
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Of Mocks and Fakes
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1–2 minutesDummy, fake, stub, mock, spy, shim, shiv – so many terms that can easily be confused or that everyone needs to know in order to talk about them together. That’s too complicated for me. Hence my simplification.
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Advent of Code 2024
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1–2 minutesIf you want to make the Christmas season a little nerdier: It’s almost halfway through the Advent of Code 2024.
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ABAPConf 2024 recap
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2–3 minutesABAPConf 2024, another great ABAPConf. This time I was on site in Mannheim (Germany). I have summarized some impressions for you.
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More information please
Many database tables have field identifiers consisting of 5 characters and are often an abbreviation for a German term. How can this be made more informative?