– Basic Terminology of Software Architectures – SOA definition � why, what, when and how – ESA and its relation to SOA – Evolution of SAP architecture – What does this change mean for developers Some common terms to be familiar with before we head into the SOA paradigm. The article has been summed up under the following sections. The intended audience is basically the beginners who want to know about SOA and ESA, developers who want to scale up their skills to �possibly� the new or may I say the next architectural and programming paradigm for SAP.
The following article briefly touches upon the Service oriented Architecture and how it relates to SAP�s vision of transforming the Enterprise business logic into a set of service oriented components. So I decided to find out more about what it is all about and have summed up my learning as under. Introduction : So what is it all about these buzz words like SOA, ESA? The first time I heard of these, they made me feel outdated.
