Using External JS editor with ServiceNow. Can it be done?

[claudius]

Hello,

It is NOT my intention to offend anyone, includding the creators/integrators of the ServiceNow SyntaxEditor module. It is, however, my opinion that it is a mess ineficient, and I believe that up to 80% of my frustrations as an ESS Helsinki+ portal maintainer/designer/implementer are related to this in-browser editor. I would desperatedly need a way to edit my Javascript in a mature, fully fledged desktop IDE, such as WebStorm or Visual Studio code (copy/pasting the code from one editor to another, over and over again, is killing me, and is not a solution).

Is there any way we can approach this? Can an integration scheme be thought of, and implemented? I would do it for free, pro bono publico. Just give me a lead.

Please share any suggestion you may have about this, I am willing to hear.

Thank you,

Claudius

[nthumma]

Check below link

Updated Sublime Text Editor for ServiceNow | John Andersen

also check this thread Sublime text editor 3 form ServiceNow?

[claudius]

Usefull link, thanks.

Where do I head to learn more about JSONv2 and the available means of integrating with ServiceNow?

Thank you,

Claudius

[Harsh Sodiwala]

If you like using VS Code then you should try this extension - Igloo

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=harshsodiwala.igloo

It enables the user to sync the scripts on ServiceNow instance to local machine and the other way around in an organized manner.

Hope it proves useful 🙂

[Daniel Oderbolz]

Hi Claudius

I hear you and agree.

I recently learned about the SnowEditor project. Their goal seems to be to provide an Eclipse based IDE for Service Now.
So far I did not sign up to their Beta phase, but the idea is certainly good.

Maybe also this blog post is useful:

How to write JavaScript code efficiently in Service Now

Best
Daniel