Most ABAP changes can be deployed into a running production system with minimal or no impact. There are, however, some operations - mainly DDic changes - that require some downtime: e.g. table adjustments or index updates, to mention the most obvious...
We have recently started looking into using Sonar to provide quality metrics also for ABAP code. (Being a Java-oriented organization, we have been doing this for years for Java already.) This works more or less neatly, although we're still figuring o...
True, vastly underused in most places I've been. Thanks for bringing it up.
Being the killjoy that I am, though, I think that some substantial drawbacks need to be addressed:
Query and Quick Viewer will bypass any and all functional authorization...
Huh... I'd rather not follow you down that rabbit hole. Just one thing: why would you? Create complex prefix rules that don't really have any practical utility?
The Z or Y is a given (unless you have a reserved namespace to work with, but that's a d...
There are numerous methods that can help achieving zero downtime deployments even if you need to deploy changes that would ordinarily require substantial downtime.One example to illustrate what I'm thinking of: if you need to rename or change a DB ta...
I've long been a fan of "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell (not McDonell), and to some extent I still am. However, the thing is somewhat dated: the 1st edition is from 1993, the 2nd from 2004, and some of the concepts are slightly outdated (e.g. you ...
