A new year brings new opportunities. As quickly as AI is moving, I don’t see it replacing professional developers in 2024. I do expect AI to serve as an intelligent assistant to accelerate development cycles, automate more testing, and improve the quality of applications. All of this will require robust platforms and tools that seamlessly integrate AI where it can add value. To raise awareness about our latest tooling, including AI in SAP Fiori app development, we are hosting our first SAP Fiori Innovation Day in Dublin (see more in the developer events section below).
If you want to meet with fellow developers and the SAP engineers who build our professional development tools, I encourage you to join our monthly SAP Fiori elements and SAP Fiori tools roundtable group.
Our next meeting is February 14, 2024.
Learn about the group at https://blogs.sap.com/2021/07/31/peer-to-peer-learning-at-the-sap-fiori-elements-and-sap-fiori-tools...
You can also email me if you would like an invitation.
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https://events.sap.com/eur/sap-fiori-innovation-day-dublin-2024/en/home
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