ABAP in VS Code and the ABAP MCP Server: What Actually Changes for Us as Developers
For years, “ABAP development” meant one of two things: SE80 or Eclipse with ADT. In 2026 that changed, and I think many of us haven’t fully registered how big the shift is. I don’t mean the AI marketing. I mean the plumbing underneath it. What was released Two things matter most…
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: 1. ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code. The first release shipped in Q2 2026, initially scoped to ABAP Cloud including SAP Fiori app development, with GitHub Copilot and Amazon Q integrated as AI options. SAP says classic ABAP support in VS Code is also a goal, with more object types arriving over the year. So if you work mostly in classic on-premise ABAP, this is not your daily IDE yet. sap sap 2. The ABAP MCP Server. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open stand…
