Extending SAP to the Web

Abstract

In the last two chapters, you looked at building Java applications for SAP that deployed directly to the end user’s desktop. Although this gives your end users a break from navigating the SAP GUI, it does not really make life easier for the Information Technologies (IT) department. This is because every time the application is updated, whether through a bug fix or functional enhancement, your IT group has to manually reinstall or update the code on each machine. Thankfully, the company intranet provides an easier way to deploy and maintain these Java-based applications.