EXP101 - How to Start Your Developer Journey

with the Right Tools

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Speakers 2018

SAP TechEd Las Vegas Abdel Dadouche

October 2–5, 2018

SAP TechEd Barcelona Abdel Dadouche

October 23–25, 2018

SAP TechEd Bangalore Abdel Dadouche

November 28–30, 2018

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Agenda

A little bit of history on programming languages and developer tools

 From the “ice age” to the 21st century

The journey of SAP developer tools till recently

 From terminals to SAPGUI to Eclipse IDE…

That’s it for this session? Of course not!

 Let’s dive into the new generation of SAP developer tools!

Where do I get started?

 The answer is: the SAP Developer Center!

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Agenda

A little bit of history on programming languages and developer tools

 From the “ice age” to the 21st century

The journey of SAP developer tools till recently

 From terminals to SAPGUI to Eclipse IDE…

That’s it for this session? Of course not!

 Let’s dive into the new generation of SAP developer tools!

Where do I get started?

 The answer is: the SAP Developer Center!

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“Program: an algorithm
designed to be carried out by
a machine.”
Source: Wikipedia, Ada Lovelace

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History of programming languages 101

First description of programming by

Countess Ada Lovelace in 1843! Multiple generations of programming languages:
- 1st: machine level code (0’s and 1’s)

- 2nd: Set of machine dependent instructions

translated into machine level code using the
assembly process

- 3rd : Machine independent languages

Fortran, LISP, COBOL, Basic, Pascal, Ada, C, Java, JavaScript,
Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby…

- 4th: Low code / codeless languages

Delphi, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Rationale Rose, JBuilder, …
Image source : Wikipedia

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One of the first developer programming tools!

Image source : Wikipedia

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The first tools I used … (in 1996)

Image source: Wikipedia

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Then all sorts of desktop IDEs

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And finally the latest generation of cloud/web based IDE!

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Agenda

A little bit of history on programming languages and developer tools

 From the “ice age” to the 21st century

The journey of SAP developer tools till recently

 From terminals to SAPGUI to Eclipse IDE…

That’s it for this session? Of course not!

 Let’s dive into the new generation of SAP developer tools!

Where do I get started?

 The answer is: the SAP Developer Center!

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The Journey of SAP developer tools up to the end of the 90’s

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And then the Eclipse IDE era

A multitude of plugins were released for:

• ABAP, CDS, Gateway …

• HANA with SQL, XS Classic, HANA CDS..

• BW Modeling

• Design Studio / Lumira Designer

• Java on SAP Cloud Platform

• And much more

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Agenda

A Little Bit of History on Programming Languages and Developer Tools

 From the “ice age” to the 21st century

The Journey of SAP Developer Tools till recently

 From terminals to SAPGUI to Eclipse IDE…

That’s it for This Session? Off course not!

 Let’s dive into the next generation of SAP Developer tools!

Where do I get started!

 The answer is: the SAP Developer Center!

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“Building Software is not just
about Tools but also Method!”
Source: Abdel Dadouche, 2018

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SAP Build
Everything you need to design enterprise apps users love

Support The Design Thinking Approach

Applicable with Other Methodology

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Design thinking process: identify the right problems to solve

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SAP Web IDE Full Stack
End-to-end development made easier

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SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS

Bring SAP Fiori natively to your iOS devices

Bootstrap your Xcode projects in minutes

with the SAP Cloud Platform SDK Assistant

Authentication, push notifications,

offline/online, logging & tracing…

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SAP Cloud Platform SDK for Android

Bring SAP Fiori to your native Android apps

Bootstrap your projects in minutes with the

SAP Cloud Platform SDK Assistant

Authentication, push notifications,

offline/online, logging & tracing…

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Jupyter Notebook
Interactive programing for dozens of programming languages

Collaborative work DNA

Useful for data exploration and visualization

but also data science

Connect to HANA from various languages

(Java, Python, R etc.)

Python wrapper for HANA ML algorithms

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Agenda

A little bit of history on programming languages and developer tools

 From the “ice age” to the 21st century

The journey of SAP developer tools till recently

 From terminals to SAPGUI to Eclipse IDE…

That’s it for this session? Of course not!

 Let’s dive into the new generation of SAP developer tools!

Where do I get started?

 The answer is: the SAP Developer Center!

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Get Started Today!

Visit the SAP Developer Center at developers.sap.com

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Further information

Related SAP TechEd learning journeys

EXP3 How to Level Up as a Developer
OPP1 How to Become the SAP Innovations Hero in My Company

Related SAP TechEd sessions

EXP102 Sprint 0: How to Start Innovation
LT106 Understanding the Available Paths for Developers Throughout SAP
LT107 Cloud Native Development: Consider Your Options
LT112 Continuous Learning Beyond SAP TechEd
EXP201 How to Master the Role of a Core SAP Developer
EXP203 How to Level Up as a Front-End or Mobile SAP Developer

Public SAP Web sites

SAP Community: www.sap.com/community
SAP Developer Center (tutorials, download & trials): developers.sap.com

SAP training and certification opportunities

Design Your First App with Build – https://open.sap.com/courses/build1
Developing Web Apps with SAPUI5 – https://open.sap.com/courses/ui51

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