Day 184 of Everyday Programming

SAP Fiori Development

In SAP Fiori development, there are three main approaches to building applications :

1. Fiori Elements : 100% metadata driven
2. Flexible Programming Model(FPM) : hybrid approach, metadata + extension
3. Freestyle SAPUI5 : 100% Custom development

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1. Fiori Elements — is a framework that automatically generates complete SAP Fiori applications based on : CDS views, OData services and metadata annotations
2. Flexible Programming Model — SAP’s modern approach that combines : Fiori elements, SAPUI5 extensions, building blocks.

• you start with Fiori Elements and add custom functionality where required

3. Freestyle SAPUI5 — means building everything manually using SAPUI5 controls

# Long live revolution.