Issue 42

COMMENT

42 Issue of 2020, Code Visualization, Continous Integration, increase in complexity and technical Debt explanation to CIO-CFO

I think it’s fair to say that this year has been exceptional. Our industry has fared better than most in 2020, and we all should be grateful...

I wish you and your family all the best for the New Year. Stay healthy and safe!

As always, I’d like to thank you all so much for sticking with me and continuing to read and send feedback on what I write here. I truly appreciate that you consider this worthy of your attention.

But now, back to the content: This week contains a good distribution among topics, from 42 Issue of 2020, Code Visualization, Continous Integration, increase in complexity, and technical Debt explanation to CIO-CFO to Story Points Revisited.

Enjoy this Issue No. 42, and stay tuned for more content next Year!

MODERN ABAP

I Have A Dream: Code Visualization

Enno Wulff shares in this great article his experience with code visualization and gives a pretty good overview of the existing Tools and Technologies.

So, what is CI?

Lars Hvam helps us to understand what is the meaning of Continuous Integration. Again one more argument for starting to get in touch with new Toolings and of course with automated Unit Tests.

Answers to open questions from the SAP TechEd Media & Analyst Q&A

Joellen Perry from SAP is collecting all open Questions from the SAPTechED held in December 2020. Absolutely recommended to every Tech-related Role in SAP Echosystem.

FullStack Application build up using Restful ABAP

Somnath Paul shows us how to build a full-stack Application with Restful ABAP (aka. RAP).

SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA – Fit-gap analysis for SAP Fiori apps and classic UIs

Jocelyn Dart shares her experience around the current best options to assist the fit-gap process of SAP Fiori apps and classic UIs. A must-read to understand UI options.

New SAP Cloud Application Programming Model

Thomas Jung shares his fun project SWAPI (Star Wars API) by using SAP Cloud Application Programming Model. Entertaining and educational!

Favorite S/4HANA Fiori Apps

Scott Blohowiak is showing some great examples of how and why Fiori applications are worth investigating for your business, especially to the Road to S/4HANA.

CLEAN CODE, CLEAN ARCHITECTURE and NEW WORK

Out of Control. An essay on paradigms, refactoring…

Kevlin Henney is writing in this awesome Post on paradigms, refactoring, control flow, data, code, dualism and what Roman numerals ever did for us. A must-read for the modern Software Programmer.

Simulating Failure in Collaboration Tests

J.B. Rainsberger is sharing his thoughts on Simulating Failure in Collaboration Tests. A must-read for every advanced Software Programmer.

Nonlinear increases in complexity make unification excruciating

Jessica Joy Kerr explains why it is ok for us to do the hard job in her Post about Nonlinear increases in complexity make unification excruciating.

Observability, Constructor Test, Invariants

Bill wake explains how you In Test-Driven Development (TDD), know what the next test should be – even if you know about Zero-One-Many or ZOMBIES.

The CIO-CFO Conversation: Technical Debt—An Apt Term?

Mark Schwartz is sharing his experience with CIO-CFO Conversation on Technical Debt. Guess what.. Recommended not only to CIO-CFO´s!

Principles of Clean Coding

Saurav Prateek explains in this starting series the Principles of Clean Coding. A nice Post on this topic..

Agile IS NOT Scrum!

Manning Publications explains in this neat Post that Agile is not Scrum!.

VIDEOS & PODCASTS

ADT - ABAP Unit Test Relations

abap channel is showing us in this video how you can use ABAP Unit test relations to connect your tests to the tested production code if they are not contained in the same compilation unit.

ALL STAR CLASSIC..

Story Points Revisited

Ron Jeffries writes about Story Points: "I like to say that I may have invented story points, and if I did, I’m sorry now. Let’s explore my current thinking on story points. At least one of us is interested in what I think"

Specification By Example and Product Quality

Samanta Cicilia is sharing in this all Star Classic her knowledge about Specification by Example and Product Quality. Especially in the SAP World, this lacks usage.