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No constant context changes in Eclipse ADT

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Every time you switch contexts, you lose the thread slightly. It’s human nature. So the less you do, the better.

In Eclipse the compiler is not lazy

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Still using SAPGUI instead of Eclipse ADT? Get ready to be made fun of.

Languages shape thought

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I read somewhere that Eastern mathematicians tend to solve a different kind of mathematical problem than Western mathematicians do.

YAGNI

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You Ain’t Gonna Need It means Do what you want, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. Just kidding. Not really.

Fix prefixes

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It’s very easy to mess up with object names in SAP. I recently found a way to minimize that problem: set rules to fix per-package prefixes for certain object types.

I package everything that moves

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I obsessively package everything that moves.

Undo with abapGit

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Did you know that you can finally make radical changes to a development without fear because there is a simple way to undo all those changes?

The 3 exception parents

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OO exceptions always need a parent. They always have to inherit from somebody. And ABAP gives them 3 alternatives.

Let go of SE24

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In SE24 the class code is partially hidden from the programmer behind a GUI. This is apparently convenient but ultimately limitative.

Can your users hack your SQL?

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Are you sure your SQL is bulletproof?

A program is an animal

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When a program is bad because it has duplicate code, it usually becomes shorter once we rewrite it to make it better. But, if its problem is not being properly structured into several classes and methods, if we rewrite it according to the best practices, it will probably end up longer.

Try poligamy

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Most ABAP programmers are like swans. They marry ABAP forever and are eternally faithful.

Farewell Wordpress, hello Jamstack

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After over 10 year using Wordpress, the world evolved and Abapinho decided it’s time to evolve with it.

if you love your neighbour, avoid CLEAR

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Please stop. Too many regressions happen because someone forgets to CLEAR or to not CLEAR a variable.

The RANGEs double negatives

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RANGEs have interesting properties.