How to be efficient in scripting?

[Apaul]

Can anyone please guide me to make myself efficient on ServiceNow Scripting? Please give me a set of questions through which I can brush up my basics and make snow scripting with ease. 

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @Apaul 

Scripting is a skill best learned through hands-on practice rather than just focusing on theory. ServiceNow provides multiple resources to support your learning.

As a trainer, here are the key resources I recommend:

1. ServiceNow Developer Site – This is my go-to resource. It offers hands-on exercises and practical examples.

2. Hacktoberfest (currently ongoing) – A great opportunity to participate in real-world challenges and contribute to the community.

3. Now Learning – Scripting Courses – Explore dedicated scripting courses that build your skills from foundational to advanced levels.

4. ServiceNow Community – One of the most valuable and free resources. Every day, community members post questions, requests, and custom script challenges. Try to answer these, follow the correct solutions, and learn from them. It's one of the fastest and most effective ways to improve your scripting skills.

My experience of learning to master JavaScript , specially for ServiceNow, was from two Courses. The first and my foremost favorite in terms of learning JavaScript was from  @Chuck Tomasi. It was fun to exercise with a PDI and follow the videos at your pace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Nabpb94Jw&list=PL3rNcyAiDYK2_87aRvXEmAyD8M9DARVGK  

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/learning-plans/zurich/servicenow_application_develop...

https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/learn/learning-plans/zurich/servicenow_application_develop...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi0Ik1xCDEbK5BJme5YSGZASvl0nkaFHn

[anurampalli]

Hi @Apaul 

ServiceNow university has a scripting course one each for fundamentals and advanced.

And you can do some real life projects on your pdi. 

[M Iftikhar]

The foundation of everything in ServiceNow is core JavaScript, so if you want to improve and become more proficient at it, start by becoming familiar with it.

This JavaScript course on Codecademy is excellent for laying a solid foundation. You can check it out:
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/introduction-to-javascript

Once you’re confident with that, move to some ServiceNow-specific scripting tutorials. These YouTube playlists are great:

• Scripting in ServiceNow: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1k_gTsSGTwUGJMK9e0fxcApxo2tr6hsZ

• Learn JavaScript with ServiceNow: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzTvAeLiW8AfXEIFrUp-22z512aXxr2Ss

And don’t miss the official “Scripting in ServiceNow Fundamentals” course from ServiceNow University:
https://learning.servicenow.com/lxp?id=learning_course_prev&course_id=7bddeb9647ac92182a090dcbd36d43...

Hope this helps!

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