Comments on: About http://johanvanzijl.com Mostly SAP related... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:21:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: johanvzhttp://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 Prenzlerhttp://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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