The Java / BSP debate continues - SAP Portal Development

Copyright © 2005 by Klee Associates, Inc. Page 1 www.SAPtips.com High Noon: Why ABAP Performs Better in Portal Development than Java By Axel Angeli, logosworld.com and Lynton Grice, Consultant Editor’s Note: Axel Angeli and Lynton Grice face off in this defining showdown of Java versus ABAP as they assess which is the most effective development environment for SAP Portals applications. Pull off your boots and get comfortable while Axel and Lynton show you the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of each environment in this comprehensive, 35-page discourse for developers. The authors give a detailed account of the effort put forth in implementing a portal application in Java, and then two years later, a “nearly identical” application in BSP. Axel and Lynton use side-by-side code examples and feature comparisons to demonstrate significant issues such as finding the right technical skills, language complexity and learning curves, database needs, and transport

and version management for each language. The goal? To identify the best environment to support infrastructure stability and production agility By the end of the paper, you'll know why these authors think that ABAP BSP means "high noon" for Java. Introduction This article describes the experiences of implementing a nearly identical SAP Portal application, first in Java, and two years later, in BSP. This article attempts to give a practical viewpoint on Java and BSP development in the Portal production environment. It has not been written to promote Java over BSP or vice versa, but rather to distil some “ground level” insight into how the languages compare in complexity and “user friendliness” from a development perspective—while still being able to get the job done! The Right Strategic Choice for Portal Development The strategic choice a company makes with regard to the development environment in the enterprise can have a huge impact on that company’s agility and productivity going forward. Whatever choice the company makes, it will require a serious amount of investment to establish an infrastructure for production, testing, and development, along with permanent costs in training (for the necessary technical skills). Through a series of coding examples and side-by-side...

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