Instant Access: SAP Developer's Reference for ABAP
by Consultants Network Inc., The Consultants Network Inc.
Highly recommended

Enterprise Java for SAP
by Austin Sincock

"Java Primer for SAP" is designed as an introduction to Enterprise Java for the SAP developer. After providing a general introduction to Java, author Austin Sincock explores how to open the typically closed SAP environment to the world of Java. Sincock explores communicating with a SAP environment through such Enterprise Java technologies as JavaServer Pages (JSP), JDBC, and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB). Where possible, open source technologies are explored for the Java connections pieces-atypical for the SAP environment where everything is proprietary.

Web Programming with the SAP Web Application Server
by Frederic Heinemann, Christian Rau

New from SAP

Become highly proficient with, the development of Web applications (Business Server Pages or BSPs) on the SAP Web Application Server (Web AS). First, get up to speed quickly with profound insights into the SAP Web AS architecture with an in-depth focus on those components that are critical to Internet integration: the Internet Communication Framework (ICF) and the Internet Communication Manager (ICM), as well as the SAP J2EE Engine. Then, benefit immediately from a detailed introduction to the basics of BSP development (components, event handlers, and MVC Design Pattern). Plus, discover the ins and outs of Web standards such as HTML, JavaScript, HTTP, and XML.

ABAP Objects: The Official Reference
by Horst Keller, Joachim Jacobitz

This 2-volume set represents the first complete and systematic language reference book for ABAP Objects. Organized logically by subject area, this comprehensive resource offers descriptions of all of the statements used for developing programs and classes in ABAP and ABAP Objects (including Release 6.20).

Advanced ABAP Programming for SAP

by Gareth M. De Bruyn, Robert Lyfareff, Ken Kroes

 With Advanced ABAP/4 Programming for SAP, the thousands of new ABAP/4 programmers will learn the latest techniques for developing custom applications using SAP's R/3 system and the Internet. Real-world examples, source code, and professional advice from the experienced authors enhance and support each topic. Advanced ABAP/4 Programming for SAP also includes step-by-step instructions for developing applications with ABAP/4 Modular programming and everything you need to know for developing...

Java and BAPI Technology for SAP

by Ken Kroes, Anil Thakur, Gareth M. deBruyn, Robert Lyfareff

As a programmer, you need to know how to get the most out of using Java in the SAP environment. This book will show you how to tie key corporate data through the Internet; create, change, and display information via Java applets or executable code; and how Java and SAP interrelate. Java & BAPI Technology for SAP is a solid reference for beginning and intermediate users who are seeking help in this booming area.

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Sams Teach Yourself ABAP/4 in 21 Days

by Ken Greenwood

The ideal book for a programmer who must get started in ABAP immediately, and does not want to know the complete story of how and why ABAP was originated. Provides all of the essential information that an ABAP programmer needs and provides it in a readable format. Provides examples that are real and practical not text-book based, like other ABAP programming books. The book also provides insight into the SAP certification process, although not actual coverage of certification because candidates...

ABAP/4, Second Edition: Programming the SAP(R) R/3(R) System

by Bernd Matzke

The premiere programming guide to ABAP/4-SAP's R/3 system programming language. Software developers, software programmers, and information technology professionals will gain insightful knowledge of Elementary ABAP/4 constructs such as data definitions, arithmetic computations, string manipulation, and subroutines, special reporting techniques, and interfaces to non-SAP applications.

SAPscript

by Michaelson Buchanan

Here is the very first guide to SAPscript--the architecture that runs the ABAP/4 program. SAPscript is a crucial element in all external correspondence generated by SAP. The author, an experienced ABAP programmer and SAPscript trainer, provides step-by-step guidance so readers can develop custom layout sets in support of client objectives. Progressive tutorials (basic to advanced) and real-world examples help SAP R/3 implementers achieve mastery of this essential area.

SAPscript Made Easy 4.6

This guidebook (known as Printout Design Made Easy until Release 3.1H) helps reduce consulting time in development and modification of SAPscript forms. The book explains in an intuitive step-by-step manner how to do most common task (like moving/adding fields, printing bar codes and/or company logos etc.). These task help adapt forms quicker and more efficiently by using the new graphical WYSIWYG-based tools Form Painter and PC Editor.

ABAP Objects: Introduction to Programming SAP(R) Applications

This item will be published on June 28, 2002.

Developing Sap's R/3 Applications With Abap/4

by Rudiger Kretschmer, Wolfgang Weiss

Written by two members of the ABAP/4 language development team, this fascinating book is a gold mine for R/3 programmers. Topics include writing code, creating screens and window interfaces, centralized dictionary functions and library functions, and building your own SAP applications. The companion CD supplies code used in the book's examples. This is an excellent guide for software professionals--and is a lot less expensive than a six-month course!

SAP Smart Forms

by Christoph Wachter, Werner Hertleif

Book's in English but the website's in German