Application Development with SAP Business Technology Platform

Develop cloud applications customized for your business needs! Master the basics of SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and its development environments; then get step-by-step instructions for developing and operating your own applications. Build your backend with Java, Node.js, or ABAP, and set up your frontend using SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori. With detailed code examples throughout, this book is your complete guide to building cloud applications on SAP BTP!

• Build and deploy cloud applications on SAP BTP using Java, Node.js, and ABAP
• Work with SAP Business Application Studio, SAP Cloud Application Programming Model, cloud services, and more
• Manage, monitor, and secure your applications

In this book, you'll learn about:

Environments, Programming Models, and Tools

Work with SAP BTP’s development environments, including SAP BTP for Cloud Foundry, ABAP, and Kyma runtime. Use SAP Cloud Application Programming Model to simplify cloud development and set up your main tool: SAP Business Application Studio.

Application Development

Develop applications step by step using Java, Node.js, Python, and ABAP in the backend. For the frontend, explore SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori. Then see how the SAP BTP, Kyma runtime brings Kubernetes to SAP landscapes.

Lifecycle Management

Secure and monitor applications, set up a continuous delivery and continuous integration pipeline, and implement DevOps best practices.

Microservices

Integrate your applications with key SAP BTP services like SAP Workflow Management, SAP Business Rules Service, SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation, and SAP Data Intelligence.

Highlights include

• Frontend and backend cloud development
• SAP Business Application Studio
• SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
• SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry environment
• SAP BTP, Kyma runtime
• Java
• Node.js
• ABAP
• DevOps
• Application lifecycle management
• Microservices
• SAP Extension Suite

About the Author

Gairik Acharya is a senior technical architect and associate partner at IBM with more than 22 years of IT experience. He is a recognized expert in ABAP, SAP HANA, OData, SAP Gateway, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, and SAP Business Technology Platform. In his role as senior architect at the IBM SAP S/4HANA Center of Excellence group in North America, he has architected solutions for several global implementations for IBM's top-tier clients. He's a certified and recognized expert in SAP application consulting and is responsible for building new capabilities within the group. He's a frequent speaker at SAP TechEd, covering a variety of new technical areas.

Govind Bajaj is an SAP business intelligence solution architect with more than 15 years of IT experience in managing and delivering complex business intelligence solutions. He has worked extensively with the design and development of analytical solutions on the SAP HANA platform, both on-premise and in the cloud. His areas of interest include machine learning, integration of SAP solutions with open source technologies, and big data. Govind can be found on Twitter @probajajand on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/govind-bajaj-a5a7589.

Avijit Dhar is a senior consultant at IBM India. He has more than 15 years of experience with leading the design and implementation of large-scale implementations, especially in the SAP manufacturing domain, and with growing IBM’s SAP Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning practice. He is a subject matter expert in user experience, IoT, machine learning, and other emerging technologies, and he has been involved in designing cutting-edge industry assets and solutions. Avijit has written two books with SAP PRESS: SAP Cloud Platform: Cloud-Native Development and Machine Learning with SAP. He has also written two E-Bites with SAP PRESS: Introducing Predictive Maintenance with SAP Predictive Asset Insights and Hands On with SAP AppGyver.

Dr. Anup Ghosh is an SAP chief technology officer at the IBM Services Europe and director of enterprise application for the IBM Cloud Solution Center. With more than 23 years of experience in helping several Fortune 500 clients globally with IT transformations, Anup is an IBM distinguished engineer. He's an active researcher with a number of patents and is a regular speaker at SAP TechEd and SAPPHIRE. Anup can be found on Twitter @itsAKG and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/anupkghosh.

Asidhara Lahiri is an enterprise architect at SAP. Asidhara architects for global clients in different industries such as consumer products, oil and gas, airlines, telco, and utility industries using complex SAP implementations. She has more than 24 years of work experience, more than 22 of which have been in SAP technologies. She advises client executives on transformation roadmaps for their SAP landscape. She worked as a lead architect for solution creation using SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP S/4HANA for specific industries, and designed, developed, and reviewed client architecture. She has designed delivery services around new-edge technologies in SAP for one of the major SIs. Asidhara has filed two patents. She is also a coauthor of SAP S/4HANA: An Introduction, published by SAP PRESS. Asidhara loves books, music, photography and travel.