ABAP cookbook - James Wood

Are you an aspiring ABAP cook looking for professional ABAP recipes? Or are you already the executive chef in your ABAP kitchen, just looking for new ideas? Either way, you will find classic and new recipes in ABAP Objects and ABAP/4 for common and specific development tasks in this ABAP Cookbook!This book quickly provides answers to typical ABAP development problems or tasks: persistence programming, interface programming, security and tracing techniques, etc. You'll discover best practices in developing solutions, and you can use this book to broaden your skills and see how to apply ABAP to solve various types of problems. The complexity of the recipes ranges from the simple starter plates to the complex main courses- and some sweet desserts, of course! Each chapter is a short tutorial in itself, all organized and consolidated into an easy-to-read format. Many code samples, screenshots, and different icons will help you to follow the best practices provided. Enjoy your ABAP meal! 1. Best Practices: Learn best practices for programming and the solutions to both simple and complex programming problems. 2. Programming Techniques: Discover various techniques for dynamic, database, transactional, persistence, interface, and security programming in ABAP. 3. Comprehensive Approach to Problem Solving: Explore the context of a problem, solution alternatives, and the thought process involved in the development of a solution. 4. Instructive Icons: Easily identify quick tips, step-by-step instructions, and warnings, thanks to the use of helpful icons throughout the text. 5. Numerous Examples and Source Codes: Explore coding examples in every chapter, as well as two source code bundles that you can install on your local AS ABAP system. Highlights:

• String Processing Techniques
• Working with Numbers, Dates, and Bytes
• Dynamic and Reflective Programming
• ABAP and Unicode
• Working with Files
• Database Programming
• Transactional Programming
• XML Processing in ABAP
• Interacting with the ICF
• Web Services
• Sending E-Mails Using BCS
• Programming for Security
• Logging and Tracing
• Interacting with the Operating System
• Inter-process Communication
• Parallel and Distributed Processing with RFCs

James Wood is the founder and principal consultant of Bowdark Consulting, Inc., an SAP NetWeaver consulting and training organization. With more than seven years of experience as a software engineer, James specializes in custom development in the areas of ABAP Objects, Java/J2EE, SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, and the SAP NetWeaver Portal. Before starting Bowdark Consulting, Inc. in 2006, James was an SAP NetWeaver consultant for SAP America, Inc. and IBM Corporation where he was involved in multiple SAP implementations. He holds a master's degree in software engineering from Texas Tech University. To learn more about James and the book, please check out his website at http://www.bowdarkconsulting.com.