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Expand downporting and renaming documentation with practical guides - #121

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Summary

This PR significantly expands the documentation for advanced deployment scenarios by adding comprehensive guides for downporting to older ABAP releases and renaming abap2UI5 for multi-instance deployments. The "Builder" page has been consolidated into the renaming documentation as it was primarily about namespace management.

Key Changes

  • Downporting Documentation: Added detailed "Installation" and "Why abap2UI5 Is Downportable" sections explaining:

    • Step-by-step installation process for 7.02 releases
    • Integration with RFC and HTTP connectors for cloud connectivity
    • Four design principles that enable automatic downporting (basic technology, few SAP dependencies, version-independent code, downported syntax)
    • Clarification that the main codebase stays on 7.50 syntax while contributors write modern ABAP
  • Renaming Documentation: Expanded with practical guidance including:

    • "Why Rename?" section explaining the lack of package management in ABAP and how renaming solves multi-version deployment challenges
    • Complete "Step-by-Step Guide" with 5 actionable steps for forking and configuring the renaming repository
    • "Renaming in Practice: ajson" section demonstrating real-world usage with the ajson dependency integration
  • Removed "Builder" Page: Consolidated the builder concept into the renaming documentation, as the primary use case is namespace management rather than a separate build tool

  • Navigation Update: Removed the "Build Process" link from the sidebar navigation in .vitepress/config.mjs

Notable Details

  • Documentation now emphasizes practical workflows with GitHub Actions integration
  • Added cross-references between downporting and connector documentation
  • Clarified the relationship between abap2UI5's design principles and its downportability
  • Provided concrete examples of how renaming enables side-by-side installations and open-source integration

https://claude.ai/code/session_01J3CfpdPhr5mMXJGfmhCaLf

claude added 3 commits July 5, 2026 14:50
Incorporate the LinkedIn article 'Renaming of ABAP Artifacts – The Power
of abaplint & abapGit in ABAP Development': motivation (no package
manager, single global version per system), step-by-step guide based on
the abap2UI5-renamed template repository, and the ajson mirror as a
real-world example of renaming in practice.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01J3CfpdPhr5mMXJGfmhCaLf
Incorporate the LinkedIn article 'Running abap2UI5 on older R/3
Releases': installation steps for old releases, cloud connectivity via
the RFC/HTTP connectors, and the four design principles that keep the
codebase compatible from ABAP 7.02 up to ABAP Cloud (basic technology
only, few SAP dependencies, version-independent code, generated 702
syntax).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01J3CfpdPhr5mMXJGfmhCaLf
Delete docs/advanced/builds.md, its sidebar entry, and the link from
the renaming page.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01J3CfpdPhr5mMXJGfmhCaLf
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