SAP ABAP for beginners

With the new build of the SAP NetWeaver 2004s ABAP trial version (SP11), we bring you a series of tips that will update your ABAP developer skills (beginners and experienced) to this new version. By the end of this series, you will have a good understanding of what's going on in the ABAP application server.

ABAP FOR NEWBIES

 Part 1: Download and install the trial version
 Part 2: Starting and stopping the application server
 Part 3: Why and how the server matters to you as a developer
 Part 4: Many developers on one central server -- how does it work?
 Part 5: Navigation in the application server
 Part 6: A first 'hello world' program
 Part 7: Creating a program and a package
 Part 8: Exporting development objects from SP8
 Part 9: Importing a transport into SP11
 Part 10: A first little business program
 Part 11: Getting more familiar with the ABAP dictionary
 Part 12: Debugging in ABAP
 Part 13: Get your program up to speed
 Part 14: Creating the database tables
 Part 15: How to dynamically create test data for our database table
 Part 16: Database Manager and SQL Studio