The author of »ABAP to the Future«

Paul Hardy

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Paul Hardy is a senior ABAP developer at Hanson and has worked on SAP rollouts at multiple companies all over the world. He joined Heidelberg Cement in the UK in 1990 and, for the first seven years, worked as an accountant. In 1997, a global SAP rollout came along; he jumped on board and has never looked back since. He has worked on country-specific SAP implementations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, and Australia.

After starting off as a business analyst configuring the good old IMG, Paul swiftly moved on to the wonderful world of ABAP programming. After the initial run of data conversion programs, ALV reports, interactive DYNPRO screens, and (urrggh) SAPscript forms, he yearned for something more and since then has been eagerly investigating each new technology as it comes out. Particular areas of interest in SAP are business workflow, B2B procurement (both point-to-point and SAP Ariba-based), logistics execution, and Variant Configuration, along with virtually anything new that comes along.

Paul can regularly be found blogging away on SAP Community and presenting at SAP conferences in Australia (Mastering SAP Technology and the SAP Australian User Group annual conference). If you happen to ever be at one of these conferences, Paul invites you to come and have a drink with him at the networking event in the evening and to ask him the most difficult questions you can think of (preferably SAP-related).
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  • Cover of Migrating Custom Code to SAP S/4HANA

    Migrating Custom Code to SAP S/4HANA

    Paul Hardy

    110 pages

    Does your organization have a lot of custom code? Are you planning a move to SAP S/4HANA? Then this E-Bite is for you! Walk through the process of migrating your code from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA, starting with a More about the book

    $29.99

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    • Understand the changes that affect custom SAP ERP code
    • Use SAP tools to analyze code usage, performance, and compatibility
    • Prepare your code for migration and apply post-migration fixes
  • Cover of Refactoring Legacy ABAP Code

    Refactoring Legacy ABAP Code

    Paul Hardy

    120 pages

    Legacy code. All developers, even ABAPers, have to deal with it—but how? Enter this E-Bite! First up, you’ll get a thorough grounding in the theory behind refactoring legacy procedural code into object-oriented code and how it relates to ABAP. Then, More about the book

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    • Learn to refactor and transform legacy ABAP procedural code
    • Understand what code to change and how to break dependencies
    • Isolate legacy code and refactor code separately to minimize risk