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Use

If you want to start component based development without setting up a development infrastructure first, the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio supports you with enough functionality to start in a local environment.

In the Development Infrastructure perspective of Developer Studio you can use the Local Development configuration to start your first component based implementation project without any further configuration steps. You find a default development configuration and a default software component (SC) at your service.

Once you are familiar with SAP's component model you can create your own development configurations and SCs still in the environment of your local Developer Studio.

You can distribute such a development configuration using file share to other developers in your team and share the source code in the file system.

Prerequisites

When using a local development configuration within the Development Studio, you have to ensure that the used workspace is located on the same drive as the SAP NetWeaver Development Studio installation.

Procedure

To start with a local development you need to:

  1. Create development configuration from scratch (local development Developer Studio based).

  2. Create local SC within development configuration (Developer Studio based).

  3. Distribute development configuration to team members using file system share (no version and source control).

  4. Version control system and build environment can be added to this scenario (based on file system transfer).

For more information, see Migrating from Local Development to NWDI .

Starting Development Using SCAs from Old Developer Studio Versions

If you want to use the projects that you have created with older versions of the Developer Studio, you have to import these projects in one of the following ways:

  • If the projects are under source control, check the projects into your source control system using the old version of the Developer Studio. Then check them out in your new workspace using the newer version of the Developer Studio.

  • If the projects are not under source control, import them using the Eclipse import wizard.

    For more information, see the Developer Studio help. From the menu path, choose Start of the navigation path Help Next navigation step Help Contents Next navigation step Workbench User Guide Next navigation step Tasks Next navigation step Importing Next navigation step Importing existing projects End of the navigation path.

  • If the projects use the SAP's component model and they are not under source control, you have to export and import the software component containing your DC projects. To do this, choose Export from the context menu of the SC in the Component Browser view of the Development Infrastructure perspective. To import the SC, choose Import SC from the context menu of the local development configuration in the Component Browser view of the Development Infrastructure perspective.

Note

When using older business process management projects, you may experience problems building them using the new Developer Studio. This is due to a change in the synchronization of the start and the end event. For more information, see SAP Note 1397779 Information published on SAP site.