Author: SantaClaus

Do you know transaction SREPO? No? Then listen closely…! SREPO is a former SAP internal transaction that compares the code base of one system with the code base of another system. There are variety of options on how to select the objects to be compared. Of course you will have to define an RFC-destination of the system you want to compare the objects with. When executing the transaction, you will see a list of objects…

One of my teachers in professional school said (about 1993; Linux Torvalds startet programming Linux in 1991…): Unix is the most expensive computer game. If you’re still not satisfied, you can install SAP R/3 upon. That was the first time I heard of SAP as a game. Of course it is everything else then a game, but a professional ERP system. Never the less, I find it more interesting to learn things the fun way….

Today I would like to present you some websites and newsletters that constantly help me doing my daily job, providing information on tricky parts or things that I do know very little about. German language I am aware that there will be a lot of german websites. I decided to mention them, because they all provide valuable information about different topics. You can use the translation feature of your favorite browser to translate the content….

I am fascinated by platforms where you can solve code and compete with other developers. There are some online platforms where you can solve tasks in many different programming languages and in different difficulty levels. CodinGame CodeSignal (former CodeFights.com) Codocado …and some more, I guess. On these platforms you can register and solve more or less common programming tasks in different programming languages. So far ABAP was not possible, because you needed an SAP-System to…

Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable in meetings whether it’s online or offline? Maybe you are in a meeting with people you don’t know? Or people you know, but you don’t know, why this person is in the meeting right now? Maybe you don’t know, how long the meeting exactly will take or when there will be any breaks? Maybe, you need to do an urgent call but you don’t know, when you can get away…

When it comes to SAP-Mentor Paul Hardy, you can be sure that you will read something funny, but even serious – and a little bit more words than usual… And after I have searched for the editable SALV, I found a lot of blogs to that topic. Be prepared… Background One of the most used tools in the SAP ecosystem might be the ALV (ALV = SAP List Viewer) . It comes in various disguises:…

The Coding Train is a collection of learning videos and community interaction founded by Daniel Schiffman. Dan has a wonderful humoruos and enteratining way to explain all kind of computer related things. There are mainly two channels: Tracks Challenges Tracks In the Tracks section Dan describes and explains all kind of things so that you can learn how to do it by yourself. His main intention is to teach you, how to code. He uses…

I do not think that there is any other discussion in the field of ABAP where people are more emotional than the discussion if Hungarian Notation should be used or not. In 2019 SAP started the Clean Code Initiative on github where they officially state that hungarian notation should not be used anymore. Clean Code is a programming paradigm with a lot of topics: readability clarification how to use naming design principles and many more…

If you talk about programming and advent calendar then there is no way to ignore https://adventofcode.com! On this website Eric Wastl presents each year genius task and riddles embedded in a funny story. The AdventOfCode can be solved in any programming language or even with pen and paper. Eric will tell you a little story each day where you have to solve a task, riddle, or puzzle. Each task is explained with a little example….