abapGit & apm - Taking your development to the next level with opensource ABAP

In this monologue podcast, Marc Bernard introduces abapGit and APM (Package Manager for ABAP), emphasizing his mission to bring open-source to the SAP world. He shares his background, including his contributions to abapGit and the new APM project. The podcast covers abapGit as a client for connecting to Git repositories and APM as a new way to interact with the outside world for sharing code and packages. Marc explains how abapGit works, including connecting to remote repositories, pulling data, modifying objects, and pushing changes back. He also discusses the benefits of open-source development, such as community collaboration, learning opportunities, and innovation, while also addressing the need for a centralized source for ABAP packages and version management. Furthermore, he introduces APM, detailing its client, website, registry, and the concept of semantic versioning and different types of dependencies.