Development Guidelines

Prerequsites

Java 8
Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers
Latest ADT Plugins installed in DevIDE
Latest ADT_Backend installed on backend ABAP system

Import

Clone git repository on disk
Import via Eclipse:
- File -> Import -> Existing Projects into Workspace
- Select root directory: <path to cloned repo on disk>
- Select All
- Finish

Versioning

For versioning, we try to follow the concepts of Semantic Versioning
Create a new version via cmd: mvn tycho-versions:set-version -DnewVersion=<New Version>
Create a "raise version" PR with the updated files.
After it was merged, a new git tag with the same version needs to be created.

Build updatesite content

Run mvn clean verify
Open PR on https://github.com/abapGit/eclipse.abapgit.org
Upload binaries to release tag

Quality Tools

The below-mentioned tools are used to verify the quality of the source code during submitting a PR:

Spotbugs
- Run locally via maven: mvn clean verify

Guides

SAP NetWeaver How-To Guide: SDK for the ABAP Development Tools

Troubleshooting

Error Unrecognized option: --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM stackoverflow