JavaScript Essentials for SAP ABAP Developers A Guide to Mobile and Desktop Application Development

Easily master JavaScript (JS) with this quick guide and develop mobile and desktop applications for SAP Fiori. This book equips ABAP/SAP developers with the essential topics to get started with JS. The focus of JavaScript Essentials for SAP ABAP Developers is on the parts of the JS language that are useful from the perspective of an ABAP developer. The book starts with a brief intro to HTML, the basics of JS, and how to create and run a simple JS program. It then dives into the details of the language, showing how to make simple programs. It covers loops in detail, mathematical operations, and string and regular expressions in JS, as well as a taste of functions, followed by objects and object-oriented programming in JavaScript. The book provides: Sample code and screenshots to help you fully understand JS A chapter on JS best practices and recommendations Differences and comparisons of the elements and data structures of ABAP and JavaScript to help you quickly master the material What You’ll Learn: Create and run a simple JavaScript program Understand loops, operations, and expressions Master the Create and Use functions Use objects and object-oriented programming in JS Apply the best practices of JS programming

Chapter 1: Introduction to JavaScript -- Chapter 2: A Step Ahead in JavaScript -- Chapter 3: Operators in JavaScript -- Chapter 4: Control Structures in JavaScript -- Chapter 5: Regular Expressions and String Methods -- Chapter 6: Functions -- Chapter 7: Doing More with Functions -- Chapter 8: Objects in JavaScript and Programming -- Chapter 9: Objects -- Chapter 10: JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) -- Chapter 11: Miscellaneous Topics