Using the Development and Production Infrastructure

The SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) is designed for the development and maintenance of business applications. It provides the services for all development steps that are part of the software life cycle: from the administrator creating the development landscape using the central and project-specific administration of source files and archives of the developers, to consolidation and test phases of quality management through to the final delivery and production of support packages. The following figure shows the commons steps you take when working with the NWDI:

NWDI Tasks

The NWDI offers the following services:

●      Administration of development landscape and transport management in the Change Management Service (CMS).

●      Central archive and build management in the Component Build Service (CBS).

●      Central management of source files in the Design Time Repository (DTR).

The NWDI is integrated into the process by means of the System Landscape Directory (SLD).

●      Getting Started

Provides information for the recommended settings of the NWDI. Also here you will find information about the initial settings you have to make after installing the NWDI and how to set up the build environment.

●      Concepts

Detailed information about the concepts, the architecture and the component model used for the development with NWDI. Here you will find also the descriptions of the development scenarios that you use with NWDI as well as the big picture of working with the NWDI, which you will need to keep in mind no mater if you set up the NWDI or you perform simple development tasks with NWDI in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

●      Tasks

Provides information about the tasks you perform in NWDI. This includes also all administrative and development tasks you face both when configuring the NWDI and in the daily activities with NWDI. The tasks section is organized to follow the basic steps you take when working with the NWDI, and beneath it there are the detailed information how to perform each step required from the task.

●      Reference

Here you can find some helpful tutorials that introduces you to the functionality of the NWDI in step-by-step mode. Also here are the short descriptions of the functionality of all tools relevant for the NWDI – this includes the perspectives in the Developer Studio and the web user interfaces provided with the NWDI. In addition, you will find the descriptions of the command line tools that you can use for working in the NWDI without graphic user interface or using script files for automating the processes.