SAP Web IDE & Development Workflow

In the Web IDE preview simulator the Language dropdown is greyed out / lists nothing to switch to. What did the project skip?

Web IDE on the cloud platform cannot reach an OData service running on an on-premise ABAP back end. Which architecture component is the missing link, and which one is NOT the fix?

A 2013-era guide tells you to build the Fiori app in SAP Web IDE. What's the current-practice correction, and what carries over unchanged?

After successfully deploying a Web IDE app to the SAPUI5 ABAP repository, users still can't find a tile on the Fiori launchpad. What deploy step was skipped?

Why does an extension project keep the original delivered Fiori app upgrade-safe — and what's the misconception about how it does so?

You want to edit Master.view.xml in the visual Layout Editor instead of hand-coding XML, but you keep landing in the code editor. What step are you missing?

You're starting a new Web IDE project. When do you pick 'Extension Project' over 'From a Template' or 'From a Sample Application' — and what's the wrong instinct?

A team assumes Web IDE was just a faster code editor for professional developers and staffs it accordingly. What did that view miss about its intended audience?

Your OData back end isn't ready yet. Can Fiori UI development start anyway in Web IDE, and what's the catch when the real service finally arrives?

You're about to demo a Fiori app on mock data. When is auto-generated random mock data not good enough, and what's the fix?

A destination is reachable and has WebIDEEnabled=true, but you still can't deploy to the ABAP repository from Web IDE. What's actually controlling that?

When configuring a Web IDE destination to a back end behind a corporate firewall, which proxy type do you choose and what makes the other one wrong?

For a standard Fiori list or master-detail app, why start from a Fiori-specific Web IDE template instead of the generic 'SAPUI5 Application' template?

A 2013 guide presents Eclipse as the Fiori dev environment. Why did teams move to Web IDE — and where does that same argument now point?