Comments on: About http://johanvanzijl.com Mostly SAP related... Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:31:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: johanvz http://johanvanzijl.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-7 johanvz Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:48:44 +0000 http://johanvanzijl.com/?page_id=8#comment-7 ABAP is a programming language like any other. I think first decide if you are a programmer or not. If you are a programmer, there are 2 things you will need to learn: 1. The syntax, and this is easy. 2. The SAP environment(really hard), but you can only gain this via practical experience. I would make 2 suggestions. 1. The quality of ABAP help has degraded, but <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/f3/b2934258a5c76ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm" rel="nofollow">help.sap.com</a>, still has some good info(If you can get your hands on a 4.6C help file use it. Its better). Also, read sdn.sap.com and the net in general, lots of examples to be found. 2. Get a system and start developing apps(this is the quickest way to learn). You can order this for free at <a href="http://www.sap.com/linux" rel="nofollow">http://www.sap.com/linux</a>. SAP will ship you a CD for free. It is a older release with no ERP features and only runs on Linux, but ABAP is still there. There are other test drives available as well. I assume you want to do certification without formal training? You can, but it is tough to find and get through all the material covered in the course. ABAP is a programming language like any other. I think first decide if you are a programmer or not. If you are a programmer, there are 2 things you will need to learn:
1. The syntax, and this is easy.
2. The SAP environment(really hard), but you can only gain this via practical experience.

I would make 2 suggestions.

1. The quality of ABAP help has degraded, but help.sap.com, still has some good info(If you can get your hands on a 4.6C help file use it. Its better). Also, read sdn.sap.com and the net in general, lots of examples to be found.

2. Get a system and start developing apps(this is the quickest way to learn). You can order this for free at http://www.sap.com/linux. SAP will ship you a CD for free. It is a older release with no ERP features and only runs on Linux, but ABAP is still there. There are other test drives available as well.

I assume you want to do certification without formal training? You can, but it is tough to find and get through all the material covered in the course.

]]> By: Eugene Prenzler http://johanvanzijl.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Eugene Prenzler Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:55:17 +0000 http://johanvanzijl.com/?page_id=8#comment-5 I would like to know what is a good way and where to go to get started in SAP ABAP. Maybe online tutor and later certification. Do you have any recommendations? I would like to know what is a good way and where to go to get started in SAP ABAP. Maybe online tutor and later certification. Do you have any recommendations?

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