Dear SAP community,
the fall of 2025 was an exciting time: We had two great events – Devtoberfest 2025 and SAP TechEd 2025 – showcasing the latest developments, tools, and best practices in the SAP ecosystem. Let’s take a closer look at the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) highlights from each event.
CAP @ SAP TechEd 2025: A Commitment to Developers
This year, SAP TechEd was a hybrid event, offering both in-person experiences in Berlin and virtual participation. We hope you had the chance to join us in person, as my colleague Alon Shachar did. He shares his impressions in his blog post “SAP Build introducing intent-based development for Application Development @ SAP TechED”.
As always, the event featured hundreds of sessions, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities. This year, developers and their needs were addressed in numerous sessions, with CAP being a prominent part in many of those sessions. For an overview of all the CAP related sessions at SAP TechEd 2025 I recommend reading this blog post. You didn’t have the chance to attend the event in Berlin? You still have the chance to join one of the SAP TechEd on Tour events. And you can watch the recordings that are available for some of the sessions. Find below a summary of the CAP related recordings.
Keynote: Developers at the Center
The keynote “Beyond the hype: How SAP is supercharging developers for what’s next” addressed the evolving role of developers in an AI-driven world. It explored how SAP’s latest technologies and tools are empowering these roles. We saw many exciting announcements and demos. My colleague Friederike Marby, for example, gave a great demo showcasing how to build an intelligent CAP application through intent-based development using SAP Build. You missed it? Here is the link to the recording: Beyond the hype: How SAP is supercharging developers for what’s next.
Strategy Talk: AI-Assisted Developer Tools
The strategy talk “SAP Build for all: A shift toward AI-assisted developer-centric tools” highlighted latest innovations in SAP Build solutions. In this session, my colleagues Alon Shachar and Ole Lilienthal showcased how AI-assisted tools and enhancements are enabling developers to create extensions and applications more efficiently. With in-depth CAP demos Ole and Alon presented, how these tools are designed to help developers and partners build at scale, with AI as a co-pilot rather than a replacement. I highly recommend you to watch the session: SAP Build for all: A shift toward AI-assisted developer-centric tools.
Roadmap Session: Clean Core and Extensibility
In the roadmap session “Future of app dev in SAP Build: Simplifying Clean Core & LoB extensions” Alon Shachar and Ole Lilienthal were telling us how SAP Build is evolving into a unified AI enabled platform built to extend our ecosystem. Attendees were introduced to the roadmap highlights across application development in SAP Build solutions, including updates for the Joule copilot, CAP, SAPUI5, and SAP Fiori apps. These advancements aim to boost productivity and support the clean core concept and extensibility for line-of-business apps.
Devtoberfest 2025: CAP in the Spotlight
Devtoberfest is always a great opportunity to get ready for SAP TechEd. Devtoberfest 2025 continued its tradition as a virtual, community-driven event. This year, Fridays were dedicated to CAP, with a strong lineup of sessions that balanced practical enablement, new features, and forward-looking demos.
You were not able to take part? No worries – all sessions have been recorded: From building enterprise grade CAP applications to integrating AI into CAP application development and exploring new tools: here’s what developers learned in the various CAP related sessions.
Building Enterprise Grade CAP applications using BTP Developer’s guide
This session focused on enhancing CAP applications with enterprise grade capabilities. Key features discussed included audit logging, change tracking, attachments, and multitenancy. These capabilities are crucial for making applications robust and scalable. The session also highlighted the importance of following the best practices described in the SAP BTP Developer’s Guide to achieve these enhancements.
Get to know more about CAP’s documentation offering
Documentation is a vital resource for developers, and this session provided insights into CAP’s documentation offerings. Attendees learned how to provide feedback, work effectively with sample projects, and contribute to improving the CAP documentation. The session emphasized the collaborative nature of the CAP community and how developers can help enhance the learning experience for others.
Integrating S/4HANA Public Cloud APIs into CAP Made Simple
This session was demonstrating that integrating SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition APIs into CAP projects can be simple. Attendees gained guidance on authentication, service consumption, and best practices for scalability and maintainability, equipping them to accelerate their integration projects.
Less code, same logic – reduce your custom handlers by using new CAP features
CAP’s philosophy has always been to minimize boilerplate and repetitive code, e.g. via the built-in handlers for all standard CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations. This session introduced new features that further reduce or even eliminate the need for custom handler logic. This not only simplifies code but also reduces maintenance efforts and potential bugs.
This session covered the new Status-Transition Flows capability. This feature allows developers to define status and status-transition flows directly in CDS models using annotations. The required handlers are automatically generated. Developers retain the flexibility to override generated logic when complex scenarios demand custom implementations. This approach offers flexibility while maintaining control over complex scenarios.
Taking UI5 Server Side Rendering to the next level with AI
AI is transforming all areas of development, including UI development. This session showcased how you can use AI to automatically generate SAPUI5 views from CAP entity definitions offering a glimpse into the future of dynamic, short-living UIs generated from OData services.
CAP Tools – What’s New and Hot
The tooling session highlighted latest enhancements in CAP tools. Notable updates included IntelliJ support, new linter checks helping to maintain code quality in custom implementations, and CLI enhancements improving debugging workflows, deployment processes, and REPL (Read Evaluate Print Loop) interactions. These improvements enhance the day-to-day development experience.
This session provided insights into the effective use of CAP. Daniel Hutzel, the CPO and founder of CAP, shared valuable guidance on both the recommended best practices and common pitfalls to avoid when working with CAP.
Testing SAP CAP Node.js apps with cds.test
Testing is critical for reliable applications. The testing session provided comprehensive coverage of automated testing strategies for CAP Node.js applications. Using the cds.test framework, attendees learned how to set up and execute tests for CAP services, focusing on core scenarios such as validating service APIs and handling business logic.
SAP HANA Application Migration Assistant – Transforming with Gen AI
This session introduced an enhanced tool for automating the conversion of service layers from XS Classic or XS Advanced into modern CAP-based services. By leveraging generative AI, developers can accelerate service layer migration to CAP, reducing manual effort and enabling faster cloud-native transformation.
The agentic coding session introduced the new MCP server for CAP, which significantly enhances the capabilities of AI agents by providing them with comprehensive context and relevant examples, effectively transforming them into CAP development experts.
Plug’n’Ask: Enabling AI Context in CAP Through the Power of Plugins And MCP
During this session we explored into the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it can be integrated into CAP applications through plugins and annotations in CDS definitions. Developers learned how to empower their applications to communicate with LLM clients, providing context for the data within their applications.
Participants were introduced to the new CAP console, a native application designed to streamline the deployment and monitoring of CAP applications on SAP BTP. Embracing the grow-as-you-go philosophy, this tool simplifies the initial deployment process and offers robust monitoring features, all from a locally running app. Built by developers for developers, the CAP console allows developers to focus on coding rather than infrastructure challenges.
Conclusion
It’s exciting to see how CAP continues to evolve, offering new possibilities and simplifying complex tasks. Both Devtoberfest 2025 and SAP TechEd 2025 provided many valuable insights for developers working with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model. From core development practices to AI-powered innovations, the sessions offered a comprehensive look at all the great features of CAP. Whether you attended these events in person or followed along virtually, the shared experiences and learnings will surely inspire your next project.
If you missed any sessions, as mentioned above, all the sessions listed in this blog post are available on demand. It’s worth catching up – there’s a lot to learn. Until next time, keep coding. 😊
Dear SAP community,the fall of 2025 was an exciting time: We had two great events – Devtoberfest 2025 and SAP TechEd 2025 – showcasing the latest developments, tools, and best practices in the SAP ecosystem. Let’s take a closer look at the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) highlights from each event. CAP @ SAP TechEd 2025: A Commitment to DevelopersThis year, SAP TechEd was a hybrid event, offering both in-person experiences in Berlin and virtual participation. We hope you had the chance to join us in person, as my colleague Alon Shachar did. He shares his impressions in his blog post “SAP Build introducing intent-based development for Application Development @ SAP TechED”.As always, the event featured hundreds of sessions, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities. This year, developers and their needs were addressed in numerous sessions, with CAP being a prominent part in many of those sessions. For an overview of all the CAP related sessions at SAP TechEd 2025 I recommend reading this blog post. You didn’t have the chance to attend the event in Berlin? You still have the chance to join one of the SAP TechEd on Tour events. And you can watch the recordings that are available for some of the sessions. Find below a summary of the CAP related recordings. Keynote: Developers at the CenterThe keynote “Beyond the hype: How SAP is supercharging developers for what’s next” addressed the evolving role of developers in an AI-driven world. It explored how SAP’s latest technologies and tools are empowering these roles. We saw many exciting announcements and demos. My colleague Friederike Marby, for example, gave a great demo showcasing how to build an intelligent CAP application through intent-based development using SAP Build. You missed it? Here is the link to the recording: Beyond the hype: How SAP is supercharging developers for what’s next. Strategy Talk: AI-Assisted Developer ToolsThe strategy talk “SAP Build for all: A shift toward AI-assisted developer-centric tools” highlighted latest innovations in SAP Build solutions. In this session, my colleagues Alon Shachar and Ole Lilienthal showcased how AI-assisted tools and enhancements are enabling developers to create extensions and applications more efficiently. With in-depth CAP demos Ole and Alon presented, how these tools are designed to help developers and partners build at scale, with AI as a co-pilot rather than a replacement. I highly recommend you to watch the session: SAP Build for all: A shift toward AI-assisted developer-centric tools. Roadmap Session: Clean Core and ExtensibilityIn the roadmap session “Future of app dev in SAP Build: Simplifying Clean Core & LoB extensions” Alon Shachar and Ole Lilienthal were telling us how SAP Build is evolving into a unified AI enabled platform built to extend our ecosystem. Attendees were introduced to the roadmap highlights across application development in SAP Build solutions, including updates for the Joule copilot, CAP, SAPUI5, and SAP Fiori apps. These advancements aim to boost productivity and support the clean core concept and extensibility for line-of-business apps. Devtoberfest 2025: CAP in the SpotlightDevtoberfest is always a great opportunity to get ready for SAP TechEd. Devtoberfest 2025 continued its tradition as a virtual, community-driven event. This year, Fridays were dedicated to CAP, with a strong lineup of sessions that balanced practical enablement, new features, and forward-looking demos.You were not able to take part? No worries – all sessions have been recorded: From building enterprise grade CAP applications to integrating AI into CAP application development and exploring new tools: here’s what developers learned in the various CAP related sessions. Building Enterprise Grade CAP applications using BTP Developer’s guideThis session focused on enhancing CAP applications with enterprise grade capabilities. Key features discussed included audit logging, change tracking, attachments, and multitenancy. These capabilities are crucial for making applications robust and scalable. The session also highlighted the importance of following the best practices described in the SAP BTP Developer’s Guide to achieve these enhancements. Get to know more about CAP’s documentation offeringDocumentation is a vital resource for developers, and this session provided insights into CAP’s documentation offerings. Attendees learned how to provide feedback, work effectively with sample projects, and contribute to improving the CAP documentation. The session emphasized the collaborative nature of the CAP community and how developers can help enhance the learning experience for others. Integrating S/4HANA Public Cloud APIs into CAP Made SimpleThis session was demonstrating that integrating SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition APIs into CAP projects can be simple. Attendees gained guidance on authentication, service consumption, and best practices for scalability and maintainability, equipping them to accelerate their integration projects. Less code, same logic – reduce your custom handlers by using new CAP featuresCAP’s philosophy has always been to minimize boilerplate and repetitive code, e.g. via the built-in handlers for all standard CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations. This session introduced new features that further reduce or even eliminate the need for custom handler logic. This not only simplifies code but also reduces maintenance efforts and potential bugs. Status-Transition FlowsThis session covered the new Status-Transition Flows capability. This feature allows developers to define status and status-transition flows directly in CDS models using annotations. The required handlers are automatically generated. Developers retain the flexibility to override generated logic when complex scenarios demand custom implementations. This approach offers flexibility while maintaining control over complex scenarios. Taking UI5 Server Side Rendering to the next level with AIAI is transforming all areas of development, including UI development. This session showcased how you can use AI to automatically generate SAPUI5 views from CAP entity definitions offering a glimpse into the future of dynamic, short-living UIs generated from OData services. CAP Tools – What’s New and HotThe tooling session highlighted latest enhancements in CAP tools. Notable updates included IntelliJ support, new linter checks helping to maintain code quality in custom implementations, and CLI enhancements improving debugging workflows, deployment processes, and REPL (Read Evaluate Print Loop) interactions. These improvements enhance the day-to-day development experience. Best Practices in CAPThis session provided insights into the effective use of CAP. Daniel Hutzel, the CPO and founder of CAP, shared valuable guidance on both the recommended best practices and common pitfalls to avoid when working with CAP. Testing SAP CAP Node.js apps with cds.testTesting is critical for reliable applications. The testing session provided comprehensive coverage of automated testing strategies for CAP Node.js applications. Using the cds.test framework, attendees learned how to set up and execute tests for CAP services, focusing on core scenarios such as validating service APIs and handling business logic. SAP HANA Application Migration Assistant – Transforming with Gen AIThis session introduced an enhanced tool for automating the conversion of service layers from XS Classic or XS Advanced into modern CAP-based services. By leveraging generative AI, developers can accelerate service layer migration to CAP, reducing manual effort and enabling faster cloud-native transformation. Agentic Coding with CAPThe agentic coding session introduced the new MCP server for CAP, which significantly enhances the capabilities of AI agents by providing them with comprehensive context and relevant examples, effectively transforming them into CAP development experts. Plug’n’Ask: Enabling AI Context in CAP Through the Power of Plugins And MCPDuring this session we explored into the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it can be integrated into CAP applications through plugins and annotations in CDS definitions. Developers learned how to empower their applications to communicate with LLM clients, providing context for the data within their applications. CAP consoleParticipants were introduced to the new CAP console, a native application designed to streamline the deployment and monitoring of CAP applications on SAP BTP. Embracing the grow-as-you-go philosophy, this tool simplifies the initial deployment process and offers robust monitoring features, all from a locally running app. Built by developers for developers, the CAP console allows developers to focus on coding rather than infrastructure challenges. ConclusionIt’s exciting to see how CAP continues to evolve, offering new possibilities and simplifying complex tasks. Both Devtoberfest 2025 and SAP TechEd 2025 provided many valuable insights for developers working with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model. From core development practices to AI-powered innovations, the sessions offered a comprehensive look at all the great features of CAP. Whether you attended these events in person or followed along virtually, the shared experiences and learnings will surely inspire your next project.If you missed any sessions, as mentioned above, all the sessions listed in this blog post are available on demand. It’s worth catching up – there’s a lot to learn. Until next time, keep coding. 😊 Read More Technology Blog Posts by SAP articles
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