SAP NetWeaver for Dummies - Book Review
This is my second "Dummies" book this year. The quick answer - if you are technical then you should read this book, if you are more functional then should read "mySAP ERP for Dummies". See my review here: mySAP ERP for Dummies ESA Edition Book Review
If you make your living in the SAP technical world and you don't spend all of your spare time reading the SDN website then you should buy this book. If you don't have time to read it then just read pages 70-79. This will give you an idea what the NetWeaver landscape looks like. I am not sure that the statement on the bottom of page 77 is correct: "ABAP workbench is transferred into SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio". The Developer Studio is the new Java Development platform (thanks JS). I believe that in the new NetWeaver World that the ABAP workbench becomes......... The ABAP workbench. Other than that one issue those ten pages are enough for you to get an idea what NetWeaver is all about.
Since this is a "Dummies" book there is the obligatory attempt at humor. I have been known to complain about technical books being too dry to read so I guess I shouldn't complain about the humor. I have to admit that I did chuckle at the line "SAP Web is as tightly connected to the SAP NetWeaver development environment as the IRS is to your income". Describing a composite application as a "Frankenstein's monster kind of creation" seems like a bit much to me.
The book does not have to be read sequentially so that you can pick it up and read whatever interests you. There are chapters on composite Apps and Xapps, Enterprise Portal, MI (Mobile infrastructure), BI, MDM, XI and WebAS. The book is an easy read and gives a good general overview of NetWeaver. I highly recommend it.
If you make your living in the SAP technical world and you don't spend all of your spare time reading the SDN website then you should buy this book. If you don't have time to read it then just read pages 70-79. This will give you an idea what the NetWeaver landscape looks like. I am not sure that the statement on the bottom of page 77 is correct: "ABAP workbench is transferred into SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio". The Developer Studio is the new Java Development platform (thanks JS). I believe that in the new NetWeaver World that the ABAP workbench becomes......... The ABAP workbench. Other than that one issue those ten pages are enough for you to get an idea what NetWeaver is all about.
Since this is a "Dummies" book there is the obligatory attempt at humor. I have been known to complain about technical books being too dry to read so I guess I shouldn't complain about the humor. I have to admit that I did chuckle at the line "SAP Web is as tightly connected to the SAP NetWeaver development environment as the IRS is to your income". Describing a composite application as a "Frankenstein's monster kind of creation" seems like a bit much to me.
The book does not have to be read sequentially so that you can pick it up and read whatever interests you. There are chapters on composite Apps and Xapps, Enterprise Portal, MI (Mobile infrastructure), BI, MDM, XI and WebAS. The book is an easy read and gives a good general overview of NetWeaver. I highly recommend it.
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