ABAP technology is the solid longtime foundation for SAP’s solution portfolio. Its proven robustness, scalability and extensibility makes it the platform of choice for running mission-critical business processes.
## Why Learn ABAP?
ABAP runs productively in more than 100,000 SAP customer systems, where it enables enterprise-ready business applications and processes, and reduces total cost of development due to its integrated, self-compiling nature.
ABAP Platform
* 5,000 productive SAP Business Suite systems
* 64,000 standalone systems
* 4.5 million registered ABAP developers
In short, it's a big market and there's demand for more people who can develop in ABAP.
You can find details on how to learn ABAP, install it locally, and test your ABAP skills in the [track-specific documentation](https://exercism.org/docs/tracks/abap).
