Having just finished reading Steve Souders’ High Performance Web Sites, I thought it would be helpful to point out how some of the server-side rules can be configured on SAP NetWeaver. PS: Buy the book! It’s short and to the point, and very well written. I’ve already ordered his follow-up book Even Faster Web Sites to be [...]

I’ve seen this question asked a few times, so I thought I’d try put together a basic step-by-step guide on how to check which version of NetWeaver you’re running. Performing this check on an ABAP system and a Java system is obviously very different. In an ABAP system, you will look for the version information [...]

In our recorded demo below, we are mainly seeking to demonstrate capability – the ability to build a good looking, user rich, easy to navigate online shop that integrates with the SAP Sales & Distribution back-end real time – an application that can be hosted directly on the SAP NetWeaver architecture with all the benefits [...]

When our team first began Java development on the SAP NetWeaver platform, we decided that we should start out using the tools that SAP provide for this purpose. The logic behind this decision was that SAP was best positioned to provide suitable development tools for their own platform. Even though this is fairly sound logic, [...]

Since moving to SAP from Microsoft .NET, I’ve found that the information available on SAP’s products is surprisingly thin. The actual SAP Help site is massive, but seems to contain very little value. I find that it is both too shallow for technical users, and too deep for business users. This is quite unusual, as [...]