Video: NOWCommunity Live Stream - Code Decoded - Service Portal widgets part 1

[Chuck Tomasi]

Watch this video to learn the basics of building a custom Service Portal widget. Chuck covers the fundamentals of server side, client, and HTML code and how to pass information between them.

Episode topics include:

• What's a Service Portal widget?
• How to create a new widget
• Basic HTML
• Including some server code
• Getting the client involved
• Here comes the CSS
• Debugging the widget

Code snippets can be found in the GitHub repository.

References:

• Learn JavaScript on the Now Platform
• ServiceNow Developer Site
• ServiceNow Developer meetups
• Book: No-Code Apps For Dummies
• Docs: Tutorial: Build a custom widget

Community Live Stream is a show for ServiceNow admins and developers who want to go beyond getting answers in the community. Gain insight and knowledge from the experts about how those answers are obtained and apply them to your role to be more effective. Find us on YouTube and Twitch.

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