SAP has a number of programs for software developers, none of which are easy or cheap. Unlike most other major software vendors, it seems as if SAP is almost trying to push away developers. There is a terrific website (for…
SAP GUI, the SAP user interface client that for years or even decades, is basically known for being ugly, and just getting the job done. SAP GUI After all this time, there would seem a lot of interest in delivering…
AJAX is a beautiful thing (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). What that really means is that data on a web page can be updated without completely reloading the page. One example of this is Google Search: start typing in the search…
I'm continuing to explore the integration between SAP and Microsoft SharePoint. SharePoint provides a fantastic product for knowledge workers, and I'm particularly excited about the possibilities of sharing data between these two systems. As I dig into the integration between…
Microsoft and SAP teamed up for a do-over on Duet. In my experience, I've never seen a customer implement Duet 1.0 or 1.5 with the Microsoft Office integration. Maybe it wasn't the right use case? Maybe it wasn't easy enough…
Fiori app development is split in two places. Gateway, and SAPUI5. The SAPUI5 development should be done in Eclipse, with the latest plugins. A long time ago when we developed HTML5 apps based on Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch,…
The continuous hunt for great talent is central to the success of all SAP implementations. In the over hundred SAP Projects I have been involved over the last couple decades, there is one consistent pattern that has emerged: There are a…