Book Review: ABAP Basics

The Content

Gunther Farber and Julia Kirchner have written seven chapters that include information regarding facets of ABAP such as procedural language elements and managing database tables. They define and explain all of the most important ABAP commands and terminology. This is a revised second edition that has been fully updated for ABAP version 7.0.

The Audience

This book is aimed at software developers and programmers who would like to write their own ABAP applications. The teaching style of the authors is arguably better suited to those people who are completely unfamiliar with the workings of ABAP. In fact, the book may not be detailed enough for more experienced programmers.

The Review

For any software developers who are trying to understand ABAP for the first time this book is ideal. It covers a wide array of typical ABAP tasks, and includes useful screen images to reiterate important points in the teaching. The authors also use real life scenarios as examples of the lessons they are providing. These features make the book easy to understand, and with the information it provides it is undoubtedly an important ABAP resource.

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