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Mastering ServiceNow Scripting

By : Andrew Kindred
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Mastering ServiceNow Scripting

By: Andrew Kindred

Overview of this book

Industry giants like RedHat and NetApp have adopted ServiceNow for their operational needs, and it is evolving as the number one platform choice for IT Service management. ServiceNow provides their clients with an add-on when it comes to baseline instances, where scripting can be used to customize and improve the performance of instances. It also provides inbuilt JavaScript API for scripting and improving your JavaScript instance. This book will initially cover the basics of ServiceNow scripting and the appropriate time to script in a ServiceNow environment. Then, we dig deeper into client-side and server-side scripting using JavaScipt API. We will also cover advance concepts like on-demand functions, script actions, and best practices. Mastering ServiceNow Scripting acts as an end-to-end guide for writing, testing, and debugging scripts of ServiceNow. We cover update sets for moving customizations between ServiceNow instances, jelly scripts for making custom pages, and best practices for all types of script in ServiceNow. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience in scripting ServiceNow using inbuilt JavaScript API.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Contributors

About the author

Andrew Kindred moved on to ServiceNow from his background as a programmer and now has over 6 years' experience working with ServiceNow in a range of industry sectors including finance, government, and media. 

He is a certified ServiceNow implementation specialist and application developer, currently working in investment banking in London, overseeing and developing implementations and customizations of ServiceNow.

I would like to thank my wife, Holly, for all her support and encouragement, and keeping me well fed while writing. For keeping me motivated and entertained, I would like to thank my daughter Emily. Finally, my thanks to the team at Packt for all their help during the production process.

About the reviewer

Nabil Oukelmoune is a solution architect, an SME with multiple awards in several business areas, an expert in providing IT services and solutions, and is also developing new and innovative processes for many clients across EMEA, the USA, and Asia.

He graduated with honors from the IIHEM with a BBA majoring in management information systems. He has more than 9 years of proven achievements in IT&S including infrastructure management, multi-tiered technical support, process analysis, pm, and solution and enterprise architecture.

Special thanks has to go to the love of my life, queen of my world, and future mother of my kids—my wife, Hajar Ismaili Alaoui. Without you believing in me and nurturing my soul, mind, and tummy, none of this would have been possible—at least not up to this standard of quality and devotion in this little book.

 

 

 

 

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