SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) that allows you to create and manage multi-target applications (MTAs) that use the SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure (HDI). SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA provides a comprehensive suite of tools that enable the development of complex applications comprising web-based or mobile user interfaces (UIs), business logic, and extensive SAP HANA data models. SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA is tightly integrated with the SAP HANA runtime tools, the SAP HANA deployment infrastructure (HDI) for XS advanced, the tools used for application life-cycle management (ALM), and the XS advanced run-time platform. Some of the functionality that is provided by SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA are:
* Syntax-aware editors for code: SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA provides syntax-aware editors for various code and SAP HANA artifacts, such as SQLScript, CDS, calculation views, HTML5, JavaScript, Java, and more. The syntax-aware editors offer features such as syntax highlighting, code completion, code formatting, code validation, code navigation, code templates, and code refactoring. The syntax-aware editors help you to write and edit code more efficiently and accurately.
* Build and deploy applications: SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA provides build and deploy tools that allow you to compile, package, and deploy your MTA project to the XS advanced environment. The build and deploy tools use the mta.yaml file, which is the deployment descriptor file that specifies the metadata and dependencies for your MTA project. The build and deploy tools also use the HDI service,
* which is the service layer that enables you to deploy database artifacts to HDI containers. The build and deploy tools support various commands, such as build, run, deploy, undeploy, and redeploy.
The following functionality is not provided by SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA, but by other tools or services:
* User management: User management is the process of creating and managing users and their roles and privileges in the XS advanced environment. User management is not performed by SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA, but by the User Account and Authentication (UAA) service, which is a shared service that provides authorization and trust management for XS advanced applications. The UAA service uses the xs-security.json file, which is the application security descriptor file that specifies the security configuration for your application. The UAA service also uses the SAP HANA cockpit, which is a web-based administration tool that allows you to manage users and roles in the SAP HANA database.
* Organization and space management: Organization and space management is the process of creating and managing the organizational units of the XS advanced environment, such as organizations and spaces.
Organizations and spaces are used to isolate and group the resources and applications of different users or teams. Organization and space management is not performed by SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA, but by the Organization and Space Management tool, which is a web-based tool that allows you to create and manage organizations and spaces and their quotas and roles. The Organization and Space Management tool also uses the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (CF CLI), which is a command-line tool that allows you to perform various operations on the XS advanced environment and the applications and services.
References:
* [SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure Reference], Chapter 5: HDI with XS Advanced, Section 5.1:
Developing with the SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA, pp. 101-106.
* [SAP HANA Platform Documentation], SAP HANA Developer Guide for SAP HANA XS Advanced Model, Chapter 2: Getting Started with SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA, pp. 17-19.