SAP UI Frameworks for Enterprise Developers : A Practical Guide

Dive into the world of SAP UIs and begin your journey to becoming a development expert. In this book, you will learn the latest cutting-edge web technologies and gain a comprehensive understanding of the user experience concept that undergirds the SAP Fiori design system. SAP UI Frameworks for Enterprise Developers is filled with hands-on tutorials that will guide you through every step of the development journey, from setting up your coding editor to building your first application using UI5, SAP Fiori Elements, UI5 Web Components, or Fundamental Library Styles. Authors Marius Obert and Volker Buzek understand that staying ahead in the rapidly evolving UI technology landscape can be challenging, so they’ve included insights into upcoming industry-wide trends and future innovations. This book will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to build intuitive applications with an eye-catching, SAP Fiori-conforming user interface. Don’t miss this opportunity to take your UI development skills to the next level! Chapter 1 of this book will introduce you to the user experience concept of SAP Fiori, which can be implemented with several state-of-the-art web technologies. Each following chapter will provide an overview of one of these popular technologies and explain in which situations this technology is beneficial. The hands-on tutorials in each will help you kick-start your development journey, from setting up your coding editor to building your first application with SAPUI5, SAP Fiori elements, UI5 Web Components, or Fundamental Library Styles. We know that technology, especially UI technology, can change rapidly. Hence, Chapter 5 will introduce you to new technologies that we already see on the horizon today and put them in the larger context of industry-wide trends. For trends beyond the horizon, Chapter 6 will point you to resources on the Web and communities in real life that will help you stay on top of future innovations. After reading this book, you will be able to build intuitive applications with appealing user interfaces that are SAP Fiori conform. Modern web technologies and enterprise user interfaces can go hand in hand. What You Will Learn: Gain an overview of the technologies that can be used to implement enterprise-ready SAP Fiori UIs ready to be deployed in the cloud as well as on-premises Discover resources for connecting with domain experts to stay on top your game and learn about innovations in the SAP ecosystem Survey industry-wide technologies trends, like micro frontends and PWA, and relate these trends to both enterprise software and new projects led by SAP Who This Book Is For: This book is suitable for both junior and experienced developers. For junior developers, it serves as an introduction to enterprise software development and provides a comprehensive understanding of the requirements for building intuitive user interfaces for SAP applications. For experienced developers, the book covers new and emerging technologies in the past decade, as well as those on the horizon. Ultimately, the book is a comprehensive guide to building intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces for SAP applications using modern web technologies. Any source code or other supplementary material referenced by the author in this book is available to readers on GitHub.