ABAP

SAPUI5

Inside Out

Outside In

Tightly integrated with DDIC

Tightly integrated with user (see John Moy's

comment)

Little control over runtime

A lot of control over runtime

Limited access to controls

Maximum access to controls

Focused on integrated data

Focused on runtime and user experience

20+ years old

2 years old

Limited tooling

Free tooling (I use vim, Sublime Text, Eclipse,

depending on how I feel, for example)

Large offline footprint (if I want to

develop on the plane for example)

Minimal offline footprint

(Talking of offline) very limited offline

use
More chance of building offline applications