The Developer's Guide to the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment

The SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment provides everything you need to develop composite applications quickly and efficiently using SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1, and this Developer's Guide shows you how to do exactly that. Based on numerous examples, you will learn how to use the development tools and methods to build composite applications using SAP NetWeaver CE in your daily work. The book helps you decide at any time which of the following tools is the best choice in your specific situation: Composite Application Framework (CAF), Web Dynpro, SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, SAP Interactive Forms, or Guided Procedures.

Whether you're an IT architect or a business process expert responsible for providing a solution for a specific business process; a product manager who has to define application requirements, or a developer, this book helps you quickly build or reproduce your first composite application, and benefit from faster and more efficient software solutions. In addition, the many screenshots, sample code listings, and best practices included in the book – and provided directly by SAP – make this your personal CE experience.

Topic Highlights:
Architecture: description of all SAP NetWeaver CE tools
Development of a sample application: dynamic user assignment using Web Dynpro and Visual Composer UIs
Functions of the composition tools: CAF, Visual Composer, and Guided Procedures
Best Practices: notes on installation, performance aspects, troubleshooting, and FAQs