ABAP Cloud · Logali Books

ABAP Cloud: The Modern Language

A hands-on guide: the modern ABAP language case by case, from data types to Clean ABAP.

Learn the ABAP language as it is written today in ABAP Cloud, case by case and verified on a real S/4HANA system.

Level: Beginner to intermediate Prerequisites: Basic programming notions; no prior ABAP required.

PDF + EPUB · 16 chapters · 1st edition · ES · EN

Who this book is for
  • Newcomers to ABAP who want a solid, modern foundation
  • Developers modernizing their classic ABAP to the ABAP Cloud style
  • SAP consultants who want to read and understand current ABAP code
What you will learn
  • Declare types and structures with modern syntax
  • Work with strings, string templates, and regular expressions
  • Master internal tables and their high-performance operations
  • Transform data with constructor expressions instead of loops
  • Write modern flow control, exceptions, and date/time handling
  • Dynamic programming with field symbols, references, and RTTI
  • Protect your code with ABAP Unit and apply the Clean ABAP style
Table of contents
  1. 01 The ABAP Language in the Cloud Era
  2. 02 Data Types and Declarations: The Raw Material
  3. 03 Numbers and Calculations: Business Amounts
  4. 04 Character Strings: Texts and Templates
  5. 05 Regular Expressions: Validate and Extract
  6. 06 Structures: Data with Shape
  7. 07 Internal Tables: The Working Memory
  8. 08 Advanced Internal Tables: Looping, Grouping, and Performance
  9. 09 Modern Flow Control: Deciding and Repeating
  10. 10 Constructor Expressions: Transforming Without Loops
  11. 11 Methods, Classes, and Interfaces: Organizing Code
  12. 12 Exceptions: When Something Goes Wrong
  13. 13 Date and Time: The Business Deadlines
  14. 14 Dynamic Programming: Field Symbols, References, and RTTI
  15. 15 ABAP Unit: Tests That Protect
  16. 16 ABAP Cloud, Released APIs, and Clean ABAP: The Craft
About the author

Gheorghe Valer Scurtu — 20+ years on SAP projects in industry, banking, retail, and the public sector. Founder of Logali Tech. He writes the collection he wished he had found.

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Revisions of the same edition are included: if we fix errata or update code, you receive the new version at no cost.

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