ABAPConf 2025
Recently I had an opportunity to present at ABAPConf event in Vienna. Both event and the city were 10/10, would recommend. Here are some highlights of the presentations for ABAPers and ABAP-curious (there really were no bad presentations, so this is like ABBA Gold).
Keynote Capabilities turned out to be about the developer capabilities rather than the SAP ones, to my surprise. The bit about SAP Joule for ABAP ought to russle some jimmies at Waldorf. Good storytelling.
Behind XCO and Much Further by renowned blogger Björn Schulz. XCO library kind of snuck up on the ABAPers, and it looks like it’s going to be important going forward. Check out Björn’s post about it here, his whole blog in general is highly recommended.
The last Overview you need on how to Extend S/4HANA On-Premise (as a developer) by Joshua Heisler - well, it’s all in the name in this case. :) Interesting decision tree and an open-source project demo in the end.
Christian Punz stepped in to fill for a cancelled presentation in Vienna and did a great job talking about ABAP Cloud in refreshing stoic European manner. No marketing bs, just what, how, and why should you care.
CDS-only Data Modeling - Harnessing New ABAP CDS Object Types for Modern RAP Applications presented by SAP’s Katharina Altrichter and Matthias Herchenröther. (Katharina and Matthias also did an excellent presentation in the last Devtoberfest.) Lots of information about CDS news and lively Q&A in the end.
Effortless ABAP dependency management with TRM by Simone Gaffurini showcased his open-source project Transport Request Management. Object dependencies have always been a pain in the butt in ABAP transports. There are some $$$ solutions for this, but if you’re on a tight budget, check this out.
Special thanks to the organizers, all the volunteers who worked to support this event in multiple locations, to all the speakers, and so many people who traveled near and far to be in the room. I always say it takes a village to raise a developer, and our village showed up, big time! JP
