JavaScript Essentials for SAP ABAP Developers · A Guide to Mobile and Desktop Application Development

Easily master JavaScript (JS) with this quick guide and develop mobile and desktop applications for SAP Fiori. This book equips ABAP/SAP developers with the essential topics to get started with JS.

The focus of JavaScript Essentials for SAP ABAP Developers is on the parts of the JS language that are useful from the perspective of an ABAP developer. The book starts with a brief intro to HTML, the basics of JS, and how to create and run a simple JS program. It then dives into the details of the language, showing how to make simple programs. It covers loops in detail, mathematical operations, and string and regular expressions in JS, as well as a taste of functions, followed by objects and object-oriented programming in JavaScript. The book provides:

Sample code and screenshots to help you fully understand JS

A chapter on JS best practices and recommendations

Differences and comparisons of the elements and data structures of ABAP and JavaScript to help you quickly master the material

What You'll Learn

Create and run a simple JavaScript program

Understand loops, operations, and expressions

Master the Create and Use functions

Use objects and object-oriented programming in JS

Apply the best practices of JS programming

Who This Book Is For

SAP programmers and developers, ABAP users and developers, and university students learning ABAP and JavaScript