Now Learning Blog – Curious about App Engine?

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The best way to describe Now Platform App Engine is to say that it provides the entitlement for unlimited custom application development and extension capabilities for ServiceNow applications.  With Now Platform App Engine you can change or extend an application that comes with your purchase of ServiceNow (e.g. Incident, Case Management, HR) or create a brand-new application to automate business processes for a variety of use cases.  App Engine supports no-code, low-code, and pro-code development.

If you are interested in the available offerings to get you started with Custom Application Development, read on.

Suggested Courses

The following courses are available in Now Learning:

• Begin with ServiceNow Fundamentals to learn the fundamentals of Now Platform features. It is available as either an instructor-led class or an on demand course. This course is the pre-requisite to ServiceNow’s Certified System Administrator (CSA) exam.
• Next, take an instructor-led Scripting in ServiceNow Fundamentals class to discover how to apply your existing JavaScript skills in the Now Platform.  Learn our JavaScript API and take advantage of the extensibility of ServiceNow and add new functionality to your instance.
• Then, take an instructor-led Application Development Fundamentals to learn how to design, build, test and deploy custom applications.  This course is the pre-requisite to ServiceNow’s Certified Application Developer (CAD) exam.
• Flow Designer lets process owners use natural language to automate approvals, tasks, notifications, and record operations without coding.  Take the on demand Flow Designer Fundamentals course to learn how to implement rich process automation. Please note, Application Development Fundamentals also introduces and provides hands-on experience to Flow Designer.
• Not all applications speak with an external 3^rd party applications, but if it is a requirement, developers should use IntegrationHub to automate integration tasks using ServiceNow-built components for Flow Designer or develop their own.  The on demand IntegrationHub Fundamentals course teaches you how to quickly develop custom integrations using common protocols and package integration actions into user-friendly, reusable 'actions' for use in Flow Designer.

Suggested Learning Paths

Although the above-listed courses are all available stand-alone, Now Learning does offer two learning paths that will enroll and guide you through all of the courses.  Select the path that works best for you:

• Low/Pro-Code Application Developer to learn how to script in ServiceNow and how to design and develop custom applications.
• Low/Pro-Code Integration Developer to learn how to integrate ServiceNow with other 3rd party applications and systems.

Each of these learning paths presents courses that obtain the specific Application or Integration skill as "required", but they also recommend the courses on the other path as "optional" to help round out your Application Development learning journey.

If you are a new ServiceNow developer, you are encouraged to follow the Low/Pro-Code Application Developer learning path.

If you are a ServiceNow developer with a few years of experience under your belt, you are encouraged to follow the Low/Pro-Code Integration Developer learning path to learn how to configure process automation and integrations.

Developer Program

Whether you're looking to become a ServiceNow developer or leveling up your existing skills, ServiceNow also offers a Developer Program.  It provides access to even more training, personal developer instances, early access to the upcoming release, and more.  Join today at developer.servicenow.com.

Happy Learning!