The SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment provides everything you need to develop composite applications quickly and efficiently using SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1, and this Developer's Guide shows you how to do exactly that. Based on numerous examples, you will learn how to use the development tools and methods to build composite applications using SAP NetWeaver CE in your daily work. The book helps you decide at any time which of the following tools is the best choice in your specific situation: Composite Application Framework (CAF), Web Dynpro, SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, SAP Interactive Forms, or Guided Procedures.
Whether you're an IT architect or a business process expert responsible for providing a solution for a specific business process; a product manager who has to define application requirements, or a developer, this book helps you quickly build or reproduce your first composite application, and benefit from faster and more efficient software solutions. In addition, the many screenshots, sample code listings, and best practices included in the book – and provided directly by SAP – make this your personal CE experience.
Topic Highlights:
Architecture: description of all SAP NetWeaver CE tools
Development of a sample application: dynamic user assignment using Web Dynpro and Visual Composer UIs
Functions of the composition tools: CAF, Visual Composer, and Guided Procedures
Best Practices: notes on installation, performance aspects, troubleshooting, and FAQs
Jan Rauscher
Jan Rauscher has been working at SAP since 1998. After six years of development work in Product Lifecycle Management, he changed to SAP NetWeaver Product Management. There, he assumed rollout tasks for composite applications tools (Composite Application Framework, Guided Procedures, Application Server). In this position, he is responsible for preparing and implementing training and workshops, as well as for creating demo applications that illustrate the options of the new SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (SAP NetWeaver CE). Moreover, he supports consultants and colleagues with regard to technical questions on SAP NetWeaver CE, for example, during the ramp-up phase or installation. Currently, he assumes responsibility for the rollout of SAP NetWeaver CE at conferences and on the SDN website (http://sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/ce). His email address is jan.rauscher@sap.com.
NetWeaver Composition Environment Web Dynpro Visual Composer Composite Application Framework Interactive forms Developer Development