Get started with SAP Build Code!

Ready to bring your SAP development skills into the AI-powered era? In this module, we dive straight into the hands-on experience of using SAP Build Code to create, test, and deploy full-stack applications – all with the help of Joule, SAP’s AI development assistant.

You’ll start by setting up your SAP Build Code environment with a step-by-step guide, then create your very first project. Watch as natural language prompts are turned into fully functional code, complete with backend logic, sample data, and an SAP Fiori UI – all generated by Joule. Finally, you’ll test and deploy your solution to SAP Cloud Foundry like a pro.

Whether you're building SAP Fiori apps, mobile solutions, or CAP-based services, this session will supercharge your development with real-world skills, AI tools, and enterprise-ready techniques.

? What You’ll Learn:

• How to set up your SAP Build Code workspace

• Creating full-stack apps with AI-generated logic and data models

• Designing UIs using SAP Fiori templates

• Deploying to SAP Cloud Foundry

• Best practices for integrating SAP and non-SAP data

You prepare your SAP BTP Trial account to use SAP Build Code by unsubscribing from an old service and launching a booster.

You check your service subscriptions and access SAP Build Code, ensuring proper roles are assigned if using a custom IDP.

This tutorial walks you through creating a new application from the SAP Build lobby using SAP Build Code.

In this hands-on module, you'll dive into SAP Build Code and leverage Joule, SAP’s generative AI copilot, to develop a real-world customer loyalty program from scratch. This lesson is designed to show you the true power of AI-driven full-stack development – from data modeling to backend logic and a polished user interface.

You’ll walk through creating data entities like Customers, Purchases, and Redemptions, generating backend services with Joule.

You use Joule, the digital assistant in SAP Build Code, to generate a Full Stack Node.js application with data model, sample data, and business logic for a customer loyalty app.

1. Open Joule from the activity bar in SAP Business Application Studio and use the /cap-gen-app slash command.

2. Define your data model with clear entity fields and relationships using associations.

3. Generate sample data that meets specific format and value constraints.

4. Add application logic to handle reward point calculations and data updates on purchases/redemptions.

5. Joule guides you step-by-step with editable prompts and generates code and CSVs automatically.

You create SAP Fiori elements UIs for the main entities in your customer loyalty app to view and manage data through a responsive web interface.

You preview and test your customer loyalty app by creating a new purchase and verifying that business logic like reward point calculation works as expected.

You learn about the resource limits and usage restrictions based on the SAP Build Code service plan you're using: Standard, Trial, or Free.