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 is no all-in-one downloader available. The current way to download 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 message: Fatal error: ‘memory’ file not found Result: npm install 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 create modern SAP solutions. For cloud or on-premise solutions. So 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 tests can serve as input for visual regression tests. Test 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 that they were recorded by the user and include the 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. UI tests are so important, that UI tests should not 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 the end user. Worse: these errors might not be detected 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 solved? Testing is like the holy grail in software development. Read more…
Quick Tour is a feature from the FLP and part of user assistance. It can add tremendous value and is also featured in the SAP Learning course: Learning the Basics of SAP Fiori. In case quick tour is activated in your Fiori system, it will show up when accessing the Read more…
Recently I faced a problem with SAP Business Application Studio. For solving it, I used Google. And I found an SAP Note: 3030549. The note contains a section about the affected products. Of course, it lists SAP Business Application Studio. What I found interesting was that the note also specifies Read more…