Customers often like to adopt applications delivered by SAP to their need. They also create their own applications or want to port existing applications into their SAP environment. SAP supports all these customers with a broad band of development tools and environment. The Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications IT scenario serves as a guide to the application programming models and related tools available with SAP NetWeaver. When you have to do some custom development SAP NetWeaver adjusts to the diverse situations and your needs. It does not matter if you want to develop in Java or inABAP or if you are an experienced developer or a business analyst. SAP NetWeaver offers development environments due various technologies, skill levels, and complexities. The Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications IT scenario provides you eight variants which cover all this aspects and needs. These variants are: Developing Java Applications Using Web Dynpro Allows you to develop professional Web interfaces based on the Model View Controller concept as well as model, configure, and adapt the application. The SAP Java development environment, the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, provides graphical tools for developing Web Dynpro applications. The integration of the Web Dynpro application into the SAP Enterprise Portal is also a part of this scenario variant. Leveraging J2EE Standards for Porting and Adopting Applications Organizations that have adopted the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) standard are offered the methodology and tools to easily port their applications to SAP NetWeaver. After the migration, they can maintain their applications with SAP's complete Java toolset, including the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio and the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure. Creating Business Applications using ABAP The new Enhancement Framework enables modification free enhancements to programs, functions modules and global classes. By using the Switch Framework developers can control the visibility of repository objects such as enhancements in the Enhancement Framework and objects of many other types. With the new Enhancement Framework it is possible to enhance applications without modifying them. It is the Switch Framework that enables the customer to switch on the relevant industry solution in the new SAP Business Suite. Using these new technologies the customer can tremendously reduce his update costs and keep the different IS solutions on the same upgrade level. Developing ABAP Applications Using Web Dynpro This IT scenario variant Allows the development of professional Web user interfaces based on the Model View Controller concept as well as the modeling, configuration, and customization of applications. The SAP ABAP development environment, which is integrated in every ABAP system, provides graphical tools for the development of Web Dynpro applications. The integration of the Web Dynpro application in the SAP Enterprise Portal is also part of this scenario variant. Developing Mobile Applications for Occasional Connection This IT scenario variant allows you to develop mobile applications quickly and efficiently, as well as to enhance existing SAP Solutions for Mobile Business. Specialized development tools in the back end, SAP NetWeaver Application Server, and SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio support the software developer when creating a mobile solution. Creating Composite Applications Enables you to create composite applications that effectively re-use services and data from legacy systems to enable new collaborative user-centric processes and applications. The SAP Composite Application Framework (SAP CAF) leverages all SAP NetWeaver layers and provides the tools, methodology and environment for building and running composites. It enables model-driven and template-based access to all levels of composite application development. Creating Applications Using SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer provides a development environment for rapidly creating and adapting model-based transactional and analytical applications. It has been designed to enable business process experts to create enterprise applications using standardized components that meet SAP standards and quality criteria. Visual Composer enables business process experts to apply their inherent understanding of their organizations' requirements to create applications to their specific business needs. These applications can then be subsequently customized and continuously changed in Visual Composer as the organization's business objectives evolve. Creating Portal Applications Using the Portal Development Kit for .Net SAP NetWeaver provides a model-driven and code-driven environment for developing, configuring, and adapting . NET-based applications and to develop, model, and configure custom applications. For more information on the Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications IT scenario and its variants see IT Scenario "Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications" in SDN
