Building apps in App Engine Studio

Meet the business needs of your organization by building custom applications in App Engine Studio (AES).

App Engine Studio build process

At a high level, there are seven main steps for building a new application in App Engine Studio. Select each step to see more information.

1. Plan your app development
2. Submit your idea for app development
3. Delegate developers using AES
4. Create your app
5. Collaborate with other developers
6. Submit your app for approval and publishing
7. Managing deployments using Pipelines and Deployments

Considerations

There are several considerations to keep in mind as you build applications in App Engine Studio:

• You access App Engine Studio by navigating to App Engine Studio > App Engine Studio or with the following web address: <instance-name>.service-now.com/now/appenginestudio. If you don't have a working link, contact your administrator.
• When you navigate back and forth between different applications in App Engine Studio, the application scope changes accordingly.

Working with data, experiences, automation, and security

App Engine Studio enables you to add as many data tables, types of experiences, logic and automation, and security roles as needed. However, you do not need to add all four categories to your app if the app doesn't need them.

• Plan your app development
  The application development process in App Engine Studio (AES) begins with your idea for the next effective app. Careful planning is the key to creating a successful app that is beneficial to your business.
• Create your app
  Use a template in App Engine Studio (AES) to build data, experience, logic and automation, and security into your application automatically. Or, create your app from scratch and customize it as needed.
• Enhance your app
  Whether you use a template or create your app from scratch in App Engine Studio (AES), you must enhance it by creating a data model, user experiences, logic and automation, and security.
• Collaborate with other developers
  In App Engine Studio (AES), you can add or remove users and groups to be collaborators on an application.
• Use AES with a Git source control repository
  App developers working in App Engine Studio (AES) can manage their data repository in numerous ways.
• Publish your app
  When you have completed your app in App Engine Studio (AES), you need to submit it for approval and publishing. The process you use depends on whether you are linked to source control.