Have you been curious about what it takes to become a ServiceNow developer and create your own enterprise apps with the ServiceNow platform? No worries, ServiceNow application development is simpler than you think. In this blog, we articulate briefly about the benefits of accessing the ServiceNow developer platform when you have planned for ServiceNow app development.
ServiceNow Developer Platform
The one-stop valuable asset for all ServiceNow developers is the ServiceNow developer platform. This is where you can sign up to develop apps and upload them to ServiceNow's Marketplace. The Developer Platform allows you:
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- Your own personal ServiceNow Developer instance
- A technical library full of information about APIs, documentation, and tutorials to enhance your skill level in ServiceNow application development.
- Online training that matches your skill level and interest
- Special events with ServiceNow professionals, both online and in-person
- A community for developers
Registration is completely free, and support is provided through the ServiceNow Community. Just keep in mind that you need to stay active or your Developer instance of ServiceNow will be deleted after 10 days of no activity, and you'll have to sign up for a new one!
ServiceNow Application Creation Class
If you're one of the people who prefers to have a more formal, hands-on training, ServiceNow does offer their own Application Creation class. In this three-day workshop, you will learn the ins and outs of the ServiceNow Developer Platform and how to create an ServiceNow application development. ServiceNow app development does require you to be a Certified ServiceNow Administrator before you can apply, however. Learn more about the Application Creation Class here.
ServiceNow Application Development: Importance Of ServiceNow User Groups (SNUGs)
Not a fan of classes? Not to worry, there are hundreds of user groups available around the US (and the world). A ServiceNow User Group is a community of people that use ServiceNow in a specific region of the world. There are groups for most large cities in the US (such as Atlanta or Las Vegas) and several others in many other countries.
Typically, SNUGs will meet once a month over a meal and discuss trends, new findings, or even issues they may be experiencing with their iterations. It is a large collaboration of ServiceNow experts with many different skill levels. If you have plans of investing in ServiceNow custom application development, you can leverage SNUGs and significantly improve your approach towards successful ServiceNow app development and deployment.
Interested in joining a SNUG? Official User Groups can be found at this link here.
ServiceNow Knowledge Conference
KNOWLEDGE is ServiceNow's flagship event held in the US every year. It is a conference that boasts over 15,000 attendees for the five-day event and offers over 300 training classes and labs. Along with the conference itself, it offers CreatorCon, often referred to as ServiceNow Community or the Developer Hub. CreatorCon is three days of learning, playing, and even competing against other teams to create the best custom enterprise automation apps with ServiceNow.
V-Soft Consulting has been attending the ServiceNow Knowledge conference every year since 2015, and those of our employees that have gone all agree that it gets better every year. You can read about our experience at KNOWLEDGE in 2016 here.
