A few years ago I posted about a SAP TechEd session material downloader. The way to get access to the session catalog changed and the download won’t work without adjustments for SAP TechEd 2024. Unfortunately, on the event page there Read more…
Adding data to a custom table is a common task. Data should be transported into production instead of letting the customer insert it there directly. For the “old” SAP ERP world there is the table maintenance tool. This tool is Read more…
Short version: Delete Xcode command line tools and reinstall them. Scenario Problem: For a NPM package the dependencies should be installed. NPM install command is run and suddenly fails with an error caused by node-gyp. Command: npm install Output: Error Read more…
SAP announced prominently at their prime autumn event TechEd 2024 the SAP Build Code ABAP environments offering. The announcements stats that this brings ABAP to SAP Build. SAP Build is the integrated go-to place for SAP developers that want to Read more…
In my blog posts about UI testing I explained the benefits of UI testing and how tests can be recorded by the end user. The benefit is clear: capturing the interactions directly from a user of the app. These UI Read more…
UI tests can be recorded by end users using tools like the Chrome recorder. These tests can be shared and be used as the starting point for further tests. The vantage of such a user recorded and provided test is Read more…
UI tests are important. They do not only test if information is shown correctly, or certain UI controls are visible. They test if the UI of an app does work. Therefore, UI tests must be defined by the end user. Read more…
Visual regression testing checks if the UI was affected by a change. It allows to identify changes that affect the visual representation of the app. These kinds of changes have a huge impact on the perception of the app to Read more…
Does this sound familiar? An app was developed, tested, and made available in production. And then: the users complain that the app is not working. The app however passes all tests. How can this be? And how can this be Read more…
Updating SAPUI5 should not introduce breaking changes. UI5 uses semantic versioning, and as long as the major release does not change, you should be safe: update UI5, and get automatically the latest features, while your old apps continue to work. Read more…