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Read Me First

Before you start using OpenUI5 productively, please read the important information in the section. Here you read everything you need to know about supported library combinations, the supported browsers and platforms, and so on.

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• Enterprise Features of OpenUI5
  OpenUI5 offers many powerful enterprise features to support your entire app development project.
• The UI5 Ecosystem
  This page contains some of the complementary offerings from the UI5 ecosystem - toolchains, generators, and other cool community projects.
• ECMAScript Support
  Consider certain restrictions when using modern ECMAScript with your OpenUI5 project.
• TypeScript Support
  TypeScript is an extension of JavaScript that adds type information to the language. It helps developers catch errors early through type checking and by providing code assist in supporting code editors, for example through code completion and inline documentation.
• Browser and Platform Support
  Here you can find information on the browser and platform support for the OpenUI5 libraries on iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows platforms.
• Compatibility Rules
  The following sections describe what SAP can change in major, minor, and patch releases. Always consider these rules when developing apps, features, or controls with or for OpenUI5.
• Supported Library Combinations
  OpenUI5 provides a set of JavaScript and CSS libraries, which can be combined in an application using the combinations that are supported.
• Supported Combinations of Themes and Libraries
  This chapter gives an overview of the possible combinations of themes and libraries for the OpenUI5 versions that are still in maintenance.
• Versioning and Maintenance of OpenUI5
  Versioning and maintenance strategy for OpenUI5.
• Upgrading
  The following sections describe what you have to consider when upgrading to a new version of OpenUI5.
• Deprecated Themes and Libraries
  As OpenUI5 evolves over time, some of the UI controls are replaced by others, or their concepts abandoned entirely. This chapter gives an overview of the most important deprecations at theme and library level. Individual control deprecations and more information about the controls replacing them can be found in the API reference within the Demo Kit.
• SAPUI5 vs. OpenUI5
  With SAPUI5 and OpenUI5 we provide two deliveries of our UI development toolkit. Both are very closely related, but have their differences.

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