Whats the easist way to do SAP programming

[gnubian]

and the least costly .i am a self taught JEE Developer any advice would be appreciated.

 

[guest2013-1]

line by line with regular coffee breaks. You can do it cheaper by not having the coffee...

 

[ColinR]

SAP programming. Brace yourself. I suppose it's simple enough once you get into it. But it's a rickety beast.

 

[guest2013-1]

Still not entirely sure what gnubian was asking really... does he want some kind of course information suggestion or does he want to pay someone to program something for them? *shrug*

With vague questions like that I'm sure it's going to be an uphill struggle at best with whatever he chooses to do

 

[FarligOpptreden]

So you're essentially looking at doing ABAP development? I dunno, SAP is getting kinda old...

 

[gnubian]

@Acid
I want to be a developer on the SAP platform and i was interested in gaining information about resources and courses that i might undertake in order to do so.I was able to enter the JEE development courtesy of the Open Source resources whilst SAP is a different beast .Please advise guys

 

[gnubian]

SAP programming. Brace yourself. I suppose it's simple enough once you get into it. But it's a rickety beast.

i think JEE development has a steep learning curve as well .i should do fine i suppose

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Perhaps start here: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn

 

[guest2013-1]

@Acid
I want to be a developer on the SAP platform and i was interested in gaining information about resources and courses that i might undertake in order to do so.I was able to enter the JEE development courtesy of the Open Source resources whilst SAP is a different beast .Please advise guys

Well M$ technology isn't open resource either but I was able to pick it up and learn myself. That besides the point, you should be more specific with your question: "Whats the easist way to do SAP programming and the least costly?" won't get you far, but if you asked, "Which courses are the best to do if I want to venture into SAP programming, NB, cheaper the better as long as it's a quality certificate that will be recognized" it would have got you even better answers.

I'm going to give you the same advice I give all my juniors when they start out and can't find a solution to a problem... "You're not asking the right question, so Google (or others) won't give you the right answers"

 

[pmbellis]

So you're essentially looking at doing ABAP development? I dunno, SAP is getting kinda old...

Care to substantiate that?

@gnubian ... Saying "I want to programme for SAP" is like saying "I want to visit the USA" ... yes, but which part?
"SAP" is the company & it has numerous product lines under it's umbrella. ... Just like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, etc ...

I personally support SAP BPC 5.1 MS & SAP BOJ PC 7.0 MS which are MS SQL, MS Office based BI tools ... and I don't need any specialized SAP knowledge at all. MS SQL/MS AS/MS Excel do me fine. My "programming" is typically in T-SQL, MDX, C# & VBA. ... All solidly MS technologies.

The popular SAP stable of products run on NetWeaver, a unified platform that most of their modules plug into ... if that's what you're talking about, then yes, you can use your JEE skills, but you'd still need a whole new suite of knowledge ... and SAP training is very expensive.

I was at the SAP TechEd in Berlin last year & found I didn't even speak the same language as most of the other SAP people. (and I'm not talking about German vs English! )

So before you even think about training ... learn about the company & products ... a good place to start might be The SAP Developer Network ... that's where the actual programmers hang out.

 

[Waste]

line by line with regular coffee breaks. You can do it cheaper by not having the coffee...

... Or you can just switch to a cheaper coffee brand....

Also Important: You should stay away from Nestle coffee machines... they charge R2.50/cup and it is in effect only half a decent cup of coffee... and at the end of the month, you have a R4000 coffee bill...

 

[gnubian]

thanks to all for the info

 

[guest2013-1]

thanks to all for the info

btw, it might SOUND it, but I wasn't trying to be condescending or sarcastic when I told you that it's important to ask the right questions to receive the right answers. Good luck

 

[semaphore]

SAP old, i lol'd.