Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

Demand for ServiceNow developers is high. That means you don’t always have time to work on some of the smaller projects that business users need. That’s when it’s time to look at the citizen developers. Topics 00:00 Welcome and introductions 07:49 Why start a citizen developer program 12:54 Avoiding shadow IT 14:33 One development platform 15:55 Low-code capabilities are for everyone 16:41 A look at ServiceNow’s citizen dev program 18:34 Some example apps and opportunities 21:18 Tips for working together 22:48 What have we learned 28:14 How a customer would launch a citizen dev program 31:52 Consider licensing 32:27 Where to find out more 33:00 Get in touch 34:00 Outro Links Community Blog: Democratizing development with Citizen Developer training Now Learning: Getting started with ServiceNow Citizen Developer Training Now Learning: ServiceNow Citizen Developer Advanced Skills Developer Portal Home Page Developer Portal: ServiceNow Application Developer Learning Plan LinkedIn Subscribe to Break Point Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Stitcher TuneIn RSS Check out the other ServiceNow podcasts.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

On this episode, join Brad. Chuck, and guest Daniel Draes as they dive in to ATF and create some custom test steps. Topics 00:00 Start 01:50 Welcome and introductions 07:07 Screenshare started 08:30 Review the spoke to test 12:00 Creating a custom test configuration 22:44 Adding the new step 23:45 Adding input/output variables 28:40 Testing the new inputs/outputs 30:45 Creating a ‘Get field value’ custom configuration 37:14 Adding the Get field value step 41:06 More tips and best practices 42:10 Q & A 45:15 Announcements 48:13 More Q & A Links Platform Academy Series Community Live Stream: Document IDs Developer Links About: Creator Toolbox is a weekly show provided by the ServiceNow Developer Program.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

Your most valued time is in creating solutions, not administrative tasks like promoting and validating changes. Since the Now PlatformB. is all about automation, why not automate your deployment process? Learn how you can save time, gain control, and deploy your changes into production faster. Topics 00:00: Welcome and introductions 03:37 Announcements 05:51 Introduction to Dev Ops on ServiceNow apps 14:04 Poll question 1 17:12 Poll question 2 20:05 Demo and Q&A 37:19 Poll question 3 40:00 Demo resumed 40:57 Roadmap 52:29 Takeaways 53:11 Outro Links CI/CD API Source Control Learning Plan Blog: Paris Source Control Blog: Studio Features (Orlando) Blog: Source Control CI/CD Resources Blog: CI/CD Pipeline GitHub Actions GitHub: Plugins and Integrations YouTube: GitHub Actions TechNow Episode list Break Point Podcast ServiceNow Documentation ServiceNow Community Developer Portal Now Learning (online training) About: TechNow is a monthly show for ServiceNow admins, developers, and builders on a wide variety of platform features.

Chuck Tomasi

2 minute read

We offer this page as a central repository of useful ServiceNow developer links. We’ll do our best to maintain it. If you cannot remember any other of our short links, remember this directory - devlink.sn/links Back story: For years our team has been using URL shorteners like bit.ly to help us manage (and remember) many of the common places you find useful. Unfortunately, most of these sites didn’t offer the flexibility we needed without crazy costs, so we did what any good developer would do - we found someone who already wrote one!

Chuck Tomasi

2 minute read

On this episode of LCHH, Brittany Navin (NOW) and Ben Kennedy (NOW) will build a mobile application for users to complete fun, adventurous challenges with family and friends. We will show you how to get your existing scoped application into App Engine Studio to create experiences and flows with ease. We will utilize Flow Designer to create flows that automate record changes. Additionally, we will display the new Mobile Card Builder app used to modify mobile app.

Chuck Tomasi

2 minute read

Regardless of your technical expertise, sooner or later you’re going to be asked to do a presentation - and preparation is the key to success. Before you reach for PowerPoint, there are a few things you need to know. Topics 00:00 Welcome and introduction 10:39 Preparation is key 13:24 Key considerations 14:34 Know your audience 17:52 Know your outcome or purpose 20:12 Time management 22:39 How much practice 24:22 Longer presentations and flexibility 27:55 Time management planning 28:55 Planning for the venue - virtual 33:54 In-person venues 37:00 Technology prep 40:15 Presentations are integrations 42:43 Contact info and sign off Links CMA Program Integration Series Email: julian.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

On this episode, join Chuck as he explores a commonly overlooked method for retrieving data on reference fields that can save you loads of time! Topics 00:00 Start (w/audio probs) 03:11 Audio problems resolved - introduction 04:11 Use case scenario 06:00 Dot-walk example to get one field value 09:10 Getting a reference record manually 11:46 getRefRecord docs 13:32 Using getRefRecord in a script 15:05 Protecting against empty reference values 20:36 Summary & announcements Links Blog: TechNow June 29, 2021 - ServiceNow DevOps Register: TechNow June 29, 2021 - ServiceNow DevOps Break Point Podcast About: Creator Toolbox is a weekly show provided by the ServiceNow Developer Program.

Chuck Tomasi

3 minute read

Thank you everyone who attended the Q2 Regional Dev meetups! You made it a success! We did four sessions for India, EMEA, AMS, and APJ with India getting the highest attendance. Here’s my overall recap (since all four followed a similar format). Introductions Dev Program Introduction Review of 2021 developer survey results & CreatorCon 2021 discussion Jeopardy Open networking discussion After Brad and I introduced ourselves, I spent a couple minutes talking about what the developer program has to offer.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

On this episode, join Brad and Chuck as they demonstrate how easy it is to create reusable blocks of logic with Flow Designer actions. Topics 00:00 Start 01:49 Welcome and introductions 03:54 Objective 05:38 Creating a scope and new action 19:25 Fixing a bug 22:23 Categories 23:23 Adding the action to a subflow 28:15 Calling the subflow in a UI action 30:48 Discussion and attempt to update in the subflow and data type sidebar 37:32 Organizing multiple actions in your spoke 40:57 Looking at an action example details 44:56 Spoke naming in lists 45:50 Summary and announcements Links TechNow Ep 87 - DevOps in ServiceNow Apps Break Point Podcast GitHub: Chuck’s Basic Flow Designer Actions About: Creator Toolbox is a weekly show provided by the ServiceNow Developer Program.

Chuck Tomasi

1 minute read

On this episode, special guest Sarah Toulson joins us to help add an avatar to a user profile widget in Service Portal. Crack a beverage and come join us! Topics 00:00 Start 01:37 Welcome, introductions, and drinks 05:22 Objectives 08:54 Screen share start and what we’re after 10:29 How image fields are stored 11:40 The OOB user profile widget 19:38 Adapting the “get image” code 28:47 HTTP requests with success and failure 34:15 Button styling 36:26 Uploading a new profile picture 42:30 Debugging 47:00 Styling 51:25 Styling with bootstrap column classes 56:10 Screen share stop and summary 57:55 Rating of the drinks 59:19 Announcements Links Code Repository Dev Blog Try the karaoke app Developer Meetups About: Live Coding Happy Hour is a weekly show provided by the ServiceNow Developer Program.