Is SAP ABAP really tough to learn?

Learning SAP ABAP can be challenging, especially for those who are new to programming or the SAP environment. It requires a good understanding of business processes and a structured approach to learning the language.

You can obviously start learning any programming language from scratch, ABAP is no different! It is only a matter of how easily you can pick up.

1. If you already know C & C++, you can pick up ABAP easily. That is because you don't have to learn the basic definitions for data types, conditions, loops and cases etc.

2. If you have mathematics background, if you love solving puzzles, Any language will be easy to pick up. (Logical approach is important ).

3. If you don't have both the above, you should spend a little more time in understanding basic concepts and try to code as much as possible from the day one you start learning.

Basically, ABAP as a language is easy since it is high level language and you don't design very complex apps like you do with Java language. ABAP is specific to SAP and its scope is very limited compared to other languages.

So never take a step back because you do not have programming skills. If you are really interested you should and you will work hard. All the best :)