Web Dynpro (WD) is a proprietary web application technology developed by SAP AG that focuses on the development of server-side business

applications !ne of its main design features is that the user interface is defined in an entirely declarative manner Web Dynpro applications can be developed using either a "ava (Web Dynpro for "ava# WD" or WD$") or A%AP (Web Dynpro A%AP#&'( WDA or WD$A) flavor )he earliest version of Web Dynpro was first released in *++, and was based on "ava )his variant was released some '- months before the A%AP variant )he "ava variant of Web Dynpro e.perienced limited commercial success# and as of *+'+# has been placed in maintenance )his means that the e.isting product is supported to the e.tent that any bugs are fi.ed/ however# no new functionality will be added SAP0s development effort is now focused on the A%AP variant of Web Dynpro WD follows a design architecture based on an interpretation of the 123 design pattern and uses a model driven development approach (4minimi5e coding# ma.imi5e design4) )he Web Dynpro 6ramewor7 is a server-side runtime environment into which many dedicated 4hoo7 methods4 are available )he developer then places their own custom coding within these hoo7 methods in order to implement the desired business functionality )hese hoo7 methods belong to one of the broad categories of either 4life-cycle4 and 4round-trip4/ that is# those methods that are concerned with the life-cycle of a software component (i e processing that ta7es place at start up and shut down etc )# and those methods that are concerned with processing the fi.ed se8uence of events that ta7e place during a client-initiated round trip to the server 9t is intended for the development of business applications that follow standardi5ed :9 principles# connect to bac7end systems and are scalable