Editing ABAP (section)

==Development environment==
There are two possible ways to develop in ABAP. The availability depends on the release of the ABAP system.

===ABAP Workbench===
The '''ABAP Workbench''' is part of the ABAP system and is accessed via [[SAP GUI]]. It contains different tools for editing programs. The most important of these are (transaction codes are shown in parentheses):

* ''ABAP Editor'' for writing and editing reports, module pools, includes and subroutine pools (SE38)
* ''ABAP Dictionary'' for processing database table definitions and retrieving global types (SE11)
* ''Menu Painter'' for designing the user interface (menu bar, standard toolbar, application toolbar, function key assignment) (SE41)
* ''Screen Painter'', a [[screen generator]] for designing screens and flow logic (SE51)
* ''Function Builder'' for function modules (SE37)
* ''Class Builder'' for ABAP Objects classes and interfaces (SE24)

The ''Object Navigator'' (transaction SE80) provides a single integrated interface into these various tools.

===ABAP Development Tools===
The '''ABAP Development Tools''' ('''ADT'''), formally known as "ABAP in Eclipse", is a set of plugins for the [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse IDE]] to develop ABAP objects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29297|title=Get Started with the ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver &#124; SAP Blogs|date=19 June 2012|access-date=15 June 2015|archive-date=28 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628140309/http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29297|url-status=live}}</ref>

In this scenario, the ABAP developer installs the required tools on his computer and works locally, whereas a continuous synchronization with the backend is performed.