sap netweaver neo*: community-driven development

Matthias Steiner, SAP Custom Development

SAP NetWeaver Neo*:

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Disclosure

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Development


Agenda

SAP’s Product Strategy

Mission Statement

High-Level Overview

SAP NetWeaver Neo*

Overview

Community-Centric Development

Architecture Blueprints

Scenario Archetypes to Architecture Blueprints

New Vectors

Sample Application

Programming models

3,000 ft

6,000 ft

12,000 ft


1,000,000,000+

Mission statement: 1 Billion Users

mass adoption

consumer-grade

enterprise-ready new SAP

open innovation more apps…

SAP EcoHub

strong ecosystem

gamification

attractive platform


SAP‘s Product Strategy

On-Demand Platform

ON DEVICE

ON DEMAND

ON PREMISE OR

CH

ES

TR

AT

ION

TECHNOLOGY

On-Premise integration with the

SAP Business Suite

Full support for in-memory

technology

Similar skill set (TCD):

web and mobile


SAP NetWeaver Neo*

Enterprise-ready

elastic + robust platform

open + secure connectivity

big data + fast processing

Consumer-grade

user-centric

simple + intuitive

appealing UX

Great apps!

made in Germany world-wide by

SAP Applications

Solutions

SaaS

Partner Add-ons Customer Add-ons

Infrastructure

IaaS

Platform

PaaS

Infrastructure & Operations SAP Cloud

SAP HANA DB

SAP NetWeaver Neo*

―Project

River‖ Spring Java EE …

Integrated Development Environment

Java Runtime

HANA

Services

Shared

Platform

Services

Integration

Identity

Mgmt

Lifecycle

Mgmt

Mobility

…


Community-Centric Development

SAP Cloud

Platform for

Java-Based Apps

…*

Apache

CXF

Apache

Commons

Apache

ActiveMQ

The Open-Source Way

Strong communities

Massive Adoption

Proven technology

Low-entry barrier

Very common skillset (TCD)

Plenty of options

…with options come choices

Communities

Quartz


From Scenario Archetypes to Architecture Blueprints

Collaborative Tools & Apps

Integration Tools

Forms Apps

Mobile Apps

Sensors Apps

Analytical Tools & Apps

Shop floor Apps

Broad Reach Apps

ConnectivityPersistence ConnectivityPersistence Connectivity

Data Access

Persistence Connectivity

Data Access


Business Logic Layer (Services)

Data Access



Business Facades

Data Access



Business Facades

Presentation Layer

R

R

Data Access



Business Facades

Presentation Layer

Cross-

cutting

concerns

R

R

…*

Looks

familiar!


New Vectors

OnDevice OnDemand

OnPremise In-Memory Data Access



Business Facades

Presentation Layer

Cross-

cutting

concerns

R

R

HTML5-based rich clients

Native Applications

RESTful services, OData

Open Standards, Open APIs

Social Media, Communities

Internet of Services

Seamless integration

Security

Single Sign-On (SAML)

Optimized for SAP HANA

No more database abstraction

Bigtable, NoSQL…

simple & sexy

secure & reliable

open

big & fast


Sample Application Sample Application: SAP xPolliNation

Goal: to derive modern application blueprint

Develop PoC based on SAP NW Neo* leveraging:

– SAP HANA (Persistence)

– SAP UI5 (UI)

Expose RESTful API

Well-aligned with SAP’s mission statement

onDevice + social + communities

incorporating new IT trends


Architecture Blueprint: Sample Application

Data Access



Business Facades

Presentation Layer

Cross-

cutting

concerns

R

R

Apache CXF

JavaBeans Jobs

?

?

?

Jersey odata4j

Bigtable

…*

Servlets

(DI) Frameworks

Spring, Guice,..

OSGi Services

HANA RSS Feeds


Servlets as a programming model?

Key characteristics

simple & lightweight ease of consumption

mature & open enterprise-ready

Add. Considerations

flexible great foundation for frameworks

former presentation layer (MVC) new service layer !!!


Timeless Software in Practice

Servlets as a Programming Model:

Listeners

bootstrapping of Services

Filters

clean chain of command

ServletContext and JNDI

Service Locator, IoC

Servlets

Service and Service Provisioning

Demo

LESS TALK. MORE CODE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE

Coming 2012


Further Information

SAP Public Web:

SAP Developer Network (SDN): www.sdn.sap.com

Business Process Expert (BPX) Community: www.bpx.sap.com

SAP BusinessObjects Community (BOC): www.boc.sap.com

Related SAP Education and Certification Opportunities

http://www.sap.com/education/

Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2011

TEC103, SAP’s Cloud Platform for Java-Based Applications: Overview and Roadmap,

Lecture (1 hour)

CD270, How to Develop an On-Demand Java Application, Hands-on (2 hours)

CD202, HTML5 for lightweight SAP Applications, Lecture (2 hours)

http://www.sdn.sap.com/

http://www.bpx.sap.com/

http://www.boc.sap.com/

http://www.sap.com/education/

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Thank You! Contact information:

Matthias Steiner

Principal Solution Architect

SAP Custom Development

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