The SAPUI5 library

Once the top-level view of the application is already designed, it is time to get familiar with the actual building blocks of the UI. SAPUI5 is already a mature library with a plethora of controls and elements. In order to get a quick overview of most of them, it is recommended that you visit https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#/controls, which contains various samples and use cases of the most common ones.

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The samples are ready to download and run in the developer's chosen IDE, or simply to check all the source codes.

 

During the actual development, it is more convenient to use the API reference than to check sample codes. The whole documentation of every single control is available at https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#/api and is divided into several libraries. Although from the technical perspective, all the libraries are written in the same language and should be compatible, there are few strong recommendations regarding using them together, and violating them may...