SAP Mobile AjaxWeaver hands-on
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Recently, SAP launched its rapid mobile development framework known as SAP Mobile AjaxWeaver. It seems SAP is inclined towards the word “Weaver”. AjaxWeaver provides design-time and run-time tools to create applications that can run on most mass-market browsers. The initial implementation is for mobility. Simply drag and drop UI components from elements block, Set its property, Change the lables, Import the Webservice available, Bind the fields and execute.
Worrying about the logic and settings? Well, there is simpler way to implement business logic. Select view filed, select “earth” icon of webservice, and select what fields you wish to show and what to hide. Set which fields should display what value. It’s that simple.
However, one of the coolest features of SAP AJaxWeaver is it needs no server to deploy. You can simply click on Activate link on the right pane and your applicatiion will be launched in a browser window. It seems SAP is adopting rapid development from Adobe. Adobe Air and Adobe Flex also provides functionality where application will be a desktop edition and launched in the browser directly.
Design architecture is so simple that you don’t need to write any code at all. If you wish to create a new view, simple click on “Click Here for new view” and there you are with new view created within seconds. Not interested to create the same view again and again. Fine, Select the view you wish to copy and clikc on “Copy” button in the property list. It’ll create new view with mere 2 clikcs of mouse button. I can recall those days when I used to spend long hours copying views just because they differed slightly in their functionality. I really wish SAP lauch rapid application development for WebDynpro also.
I am not sure when this AjaxWeaver shall be available for customer release, but you can certainly try the composite edition of this tool.
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