ServiceNow IDE release notes

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The ServiceNow® integrated development environment (IDE) application enables developers to create scoped applications in source code in an IDE based on Visual Studio Code for the Web on the Now Platform . ServiceNow IDE is a new application in the Xanadu release.

ServiceNow IDE highlights for the Xanadu release Develop scoped applications in an IDE based on Visual Studio Code on the Now Platform . Write source code to define the metadata that makes up applications with ServiceNow Fluent . Collaborate with users of different skill sets across an instance and view changes in embedded Now Platform user interfaces. Manage applications in source control with common Git providers.

See ServiceNow IDE for more information.

Important: ServiceNow IDE is available in the ServiceNow Store . For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

ServiceNow IDE features Work in an IDE based on Visual Studio Code for the Web

Create and develop applications in a familiar integrated development environment based on Visual Studio Code for the Web. The ServiceNow IDE has many of the same features as Visual Studio Code , including type safety, IntelliSense, dependency enforcement, code search, and source control integration.

Build scoped applications in source code

Write source code to define the metadata that makes up applications using ServiceNow Fluent . ServiceNow Fluent is a domain-specific programming language with APIs for defining the different types of application metadata. Developing applications in source code enables you to work in familiar development environments, create and modify complex applications, manage code in source control more easily, and catch errors at build time. Language processing and validation for ServiceNow Fluent is included in the ServiceNow IDE by default.

Create and use JavaScript modules and third-party libraries

Organize and reuse code within scoped applications with custom JavaScript modules and third-party JavaScript utilities.

Collaborate on applications with users of different skill sets

Collaborate on an application with users of different skill sets at the same time from the ServiceNow IDE and other Now Platform builder tools and interfaces. Developers build applications to compile source files into metadata, which they can view in embedded Now Platform user interfaces. Developers can synchronize applications to pull in changes to application metadata from other interfaces into source code.

Manage applications in source control

Integrate with remote Git repositories to use source control in the ServiceNow IDE . Use basic authentication or OAuth 2.0 to connect to remote Git providers and repositories.

Activation information Install ServiceNow IDE (sn_glider) by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store . Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes .

Related ServiceNow applications and features ServiceNow SDK

The ServiceNow SDK is used in the background of the ServiceNow IDE as the application packaging service that builds applications and provides the ServiceNow Fluent APIs for developing applications in source code. Scoped applications created with the ServiceNow IDE or ServiceNow SDK can be developed with either application.

Parent Topic: Hyperautomation and Low-code release notes