SAPUI5 and SRB: Magic Wand Seeks Magician
For those wanting to represent processes in a mobile and digital way within a corporate environment, SAPUI5 is indispensable. SAPUI5 has become a kind of magic wand that can fulfil diverse wishes.
What is SAPUI5?
SAPUI5 is a framework, a collection of libraries, tools, and features specifically used in the corporate environment for designing cross-platform business applications. As the technology relies on JavaScript and CSS as its programming backbone, it enables the development of web applications according to the HTML5 standard, making SAPUI5 practically the SAP user interface for HTML5, so to speak.
Apps developed with SAPUI5 can be opened in almost any browser, making them suitable for both desktop and mobile use. They are 'responsive', running seamlessly on all devices – whether desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, or smartphones. It is also clear for an SAP solution: SAPUI5 is designed to interact seamlessly with SAP backend systems.
What does SAPUI5 offer?
SAPUI5 provides around 500 controls that cover a wide range of possibilities and functions for app development – from very simple elements like buttons to more complex items like tables or 3D visualisation controls.
All these controls can be very flexibly customised. This allows for mixing various design aspects for extensive user interfaces and predefined layouts for typical use cases. The SAP Fiori user experience can also be implemented.
SAPUI5 is largely designed to be open, allowing corresponding applications to interact seamlessly with various other technologies and media such as cameras, QR codes, and barcode readers. Furthermore, SAPUI5 apps also support analytical maps, geographical maps, location-based services, drag-and-drop functionalities, and 3D visualisation.
Since SAPUI5 is used for many SAP applications, it must, of course, be completely enterprise-ready. This means it needs to be very robust and easily testable, with support for internationalisation, translation, extensibility, security, and accessibility. Here too, SAPUI5 provides open interfaces for integrating additional desired functionalities.
Do SAPUI5 apps run everywhere?
Depending on the platform on which the SAPUI5 apps run, different browsers in various versions are supported. It is important to consider the different content densities. On one hand, there are those optimised for devices with touchscreen controls through larger controls, and on the other hand, smaller and more compact designs intended for mouse-controlled devices.
Completely satisfied with SAPUI5?
In summary: With SAPUI5, you can create interactive applications that perfectly fit your individual requirements. Much is possible, and many (corporate) wishes are fulfilled. Even the most complex processes can be digitally transformed into sleek, user-friendly apps with SAPUI5 – which in turn help save time, money, and nerves.
This is also why I call SAPUI5 a 'magic wand'. But it is not quite that simple. Just think ofGoethe's Sorcerer's Apprenticeand the drama that unfolded in this poem. To use magic sensibly and efficiently, you need modern magicians. In this case, 'SAP magicians' with experience who not only understand the technology but also the underlying processes.
If you are looking for such a magician, you are in the right place with us and SRB. Simply contact us without obligation – and then we will see if we can bring a little SAPUI5 magic into your projects.
