Is Web Dynpro for Java important to learn SAP Portal

[Former Member]

Hi,

I need to take the following course :

SAP NetWeaver Portal – Development

But I found a prerequisite for that course which is:

Web Dynpro for Java Basics

https://training.sap.com/v2/course/ja310-web-dynpro-for-java-basics-classroom-092-gb-en/

My question is: is it possible to take the SAP Portal course without taking the Web Dynpro course.. If not then I want to learn Web Dynpro for Java .. so how to start and what applications I need to install on my local machine

Thanks

[Former Member]

Thank you all for your help..

I think the new SAPUI5 and FIORI is the new thing to use and to learn

[vijay_kumar49]

Yes , absolutely correct,at present lots of projects on SAPUI5 and Fiori.

feacture also its good on these technologies.

Start to learn sapUI5 ?

• UI5 Development Kit for UI5 :

https://sapui5.netweaver.ondemand.com/sdk/#docs/guide/Documentation.html

Installation :

Tools required :

• Eclipse Juno Latest :
• Tomcat Apache (Server) or Netweaver Portal CE 7.3 for deployment
• SAP UI 5 Plug-in installed in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio/Eclipse.
• HTML5 browser support (Works best in Google Chrome)
• Install UI5 Tool kit from this link :
  http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/c08465d5-b833-2f10-e59d-f67a5c...

Fiori:-

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-41598

http://help.sap.com/fiori

Regards

Vijay K

[amolgupta]

Portal is the front end for numerous SAP backends.
Its scope is not limited to WebDynpro Java.

[junwu]

that's was years ago

now portal is becoming less and less important...

[Former Member]

I disagree strongly. Especially if you take the mobile and cloud perspective into account where portal is one of the main building blocks. It might not be required anymore to access backend functionality but it still has it's place in the SAP product portfolio.

[junwu]

for cloud, sap has cloud portal....

for mobile,  portal just start trying to support....

any serious mobile application run in portal now?

sap has fiori, does it need portal?

[junwu]

for that course, you don't have to know too much about wdj.

why you take that course?

it is not used very often, in most case, you will develop the UI using WDJ.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You have to know that Web Dynpro JAVA is an UI technology and Portal is an integration technology. There are alternatives as well coming to WDJ like Web Dynpro ABAP, SAP UI5 etc. But, when you would want to provide role based access to your applications, Portal is the only choice. Offcourse, you have alternative for Portal as well i.e the Netweaver Business Client (NWBC) comes with ECC from EhP5. It all depends on the landscape and how you would want take the UI strategy in your case. Hope this helps.

BR,

Balajii

[amolgupta]

You can learn and use WebDynpro Java without Portal.

But if you want to integrate your WebDynpro Java Application with Portal and organise your WebDynpro Java apps into IViews, Pages, Worksets and Roles then you will need to learn Portal as well.

The link that you shared does not mention Portal learning as prerequisite.

You may consider downloading a Sneak Preview CE Server from the Downloads section at the top of this site.

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/nw-ce-downloads

[vijay_kumar49]

Dear Assaf,

that is depending up on your interest. Enterprise Portal having two parts

1. Administartor

2. WD JAVA

If you lean WDJAVA in feacture its better for you.

Please look at these document: http://scn.sap.com/thread/1026445

Hope this helps !!!

Regards

Vijay K

[Former Member]

Thank you for your help.. I need to learn SAP Portal development.. not Administration

What I need to setup the environment to learn Web Dynpro for Java..

I tried to search for SAP Netweaver 7.0 for java trial version but I could not find it..

From where to get the required applications to start?

[amolgupta]

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/nw-ce-downloads