Welcome to “Try This Tip” from the ABAP Mastery Team

30 weeks of bite‑sized ABAP wisdom from top SAP experts - starting today!

Hey ABAP Enthusiast,

Welcome aboard! For the next 30 weeks, you’ll receive one actionable ABAP tip each Wednesday - straight from the playbooks of industry leaders in clean code, TDD, and Agile ABAP.

Week 1 Tip from Dave Farley:

“Refactor the method you last edited to make it more readable, better organized, and easier to maintain.”

Why this matters:

Every time you revisit code, you transform spaghetti into crystal‑clear logic.

By practicing refactoring after every small change, you keep your codebase healthy, without altering its behaviour.

Remember: refactoring is a behaviour‑preserving change, so your program runs exactly the same, only better! To make sure you do not change the business logic, it is useful to establish UNIT tests to cover it.

Try This Week:

1. Pick the ABAP method you last edited (Hope, you already do methods =) )

2. Rename one obscure variable to something expressive (for example, change LV_GPART to CUSTOMER/VENDOR).

3. Extract a nested block of logic into its own local method (Extract method).

Those three tiny steps build momentum.

And trust me, you’ll notice the difference in your next code review.

Looking ahead:

• Week 2: Establish UNIT tests to make your dev life much more easier.

• Week 3: Build a habit of continuous learning by reading just two pages of a tech or business book.

• Week 4: Run a coverage report via your AI coding assistant or ATC to find untested code passages. …and so on, right through week 30.

Enjoy your first micro‑win, and get ready for next Wednesday’s tip!

Cheers to cleaner code and calmer minds,

Happy ABAPing ✌️

– Martin

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