Build your first application
Build apps smarter and deliver them faster with ServiceNow Studio. ServiceNow Studio empowers platform developers with a modern, unified environment for building on the ServiceNow AI Platform.
ServiceNow Studio features streamlined navigation to applications and metadata, integrated low-code tools, efficient tracking and packaging of development work that accelerates development processes and enhances productivity. Though you can begin building with the classic lists and forms on the platform, beginning in ServiceNow Studio gives you a head start with some basic app elements.
ServiceNow Studio features and benefits
ServiceNow Studio offers a unified app development experience that can accelerate your time to value in app creation and deployment.
- App and app file search: Search for any application or metadata record in your instance. For more information, see Find an app or app file using Search and Find an app or app file using the Navigator panel.
- Integrated tabs: Easily switch between apps and app files in different scopes without leaving ServiceNow Studio. For more information about working with different apps and app files, see Open apps and app files across scopes in ServiceNow Studio.
- Accelerated deployment: Create and package apps for deployment via update sets, pipelines, or the Application Repository without leaving ServiceNow Studio. For more information, see Working with update sets in ServiceNow Studio and Publish app changes to the Application Repository from ServiceNow Studio.
- Supercharged app development with Now Assist and Build Agent: Use the AI capabilities to decrease the time it takes to create apps and app files. For more information, see Build Agent in ServiceNow Studio and Now Assist for Creator.
- File creation: Easily create any type of app file in any scope that you have access to edit, including the global scope. For more information, see Create an application in ServiceNow Studio and Create an app file in ServiceNow Studio.
- Taxonomy and collections: Use the ServiceNow Studio metadata taxonomy to easily find the type of files you're searching for. For more information, see ServiceNow Studio Navigator panel taxonomy.
- Integrated builders: Use many of the best low-code builders available in the ServiceNow AI Platform, such as Table Builder and flows in Workflow Studio, along with powerful app development tools. For more information, see Access integrated development tools and builders in ServiceNow Studio.
Other options for building apps
- App Engine Studio and Creator Studio enable you to build simple applications, which you can edit further in ServiceNow Studio.
For more information, see Creator Studio and Build apps using App Engine Studio.
- ServiceNow IDE enables you to create and develop scoped applications in source code in an integrated development environment (IDE). Apps created in the ServiceNow IDE are converted to Fluent and deployed through the IDE. However, most IDE apps can also be updated in ServiceNow Studio.
For more information about pro-code development, see ServiceNow IDE.
- Custom tables generate lists and forms—lists display multiple records in a spreadsheet-like view while forms show detailed information for a single record. The typical development pattern is: create your custom table,
customize the form layout for data entry, configure the list view for browsing records, then add UI policies, scripts, and actions to control behavior.
For more information about developing using classic lists and forms, see ServiceNow AI Platform® forms, fields, and lists.