Source Control

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

4 minute read

Announcement! As of September 28, 2023, the Developer Advocate Blog has migrated to the ServiceNow Community Developer Advocate Blog, the most up-to-date information regarding Hacktoberfest will now be at this link. October is right around the corner and you know what that means! It’s Hacktoberfest! ServiceNow Developers participation It’s the 10th anniversary of DigitalOcean’s Hacktoberfest, and the 7th year we ServiceNow Developers are participating in this event by contributing to ServiceNow open-sourced projects and repositories.

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

2 minute read

October is once again behind us and our most successful ServiceNow Hacktoberfest has concluded! Here are the final numbers for 2022:

520 Pull requests. A 15% increase over last year, but a HUGE increase of pull requests in projects that required higher-effort participation. 64% of Pull Requests this year were in higher-effort projects, compared to 14% last year. 396 Forks. A 36% increase over last year. 201 Unique Participants.

Earl Duque

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One of the ongoing issues that we deal with in the Developer Program is the continuity of the free Personal Developer Instances (PDI). No matter how well intentioned you are, it is always possible to have a time period where you are out of the office and miss the email about your Developer Instance expiring. I don’t like the idea of anyone losing their work but there is only so much we can do to prevent it.

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

2 minute read

We are past the half-way point of Hacktoberfest and wanted to highlight the amazing progress so far! If you haven’t participated yet, you still have time! Check out our Hacktoberfest 2022 post to get started. Remember to claim your prize! If you already have participated and have made your four qualifying pull requests, don’t forget to go to theHacktoberfest official site to claim your rewards: For the first time ever, they have a choice between a light and dark shirt:

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

5 minute read

Hacktoberfest 2022 is here!

Every year we encourage ServiceNow Developers to participate in DigitalOcean’s Hacktoberfest event by contributing to a ServiceNow project or repository. Just looking for the participating project repositories? Here are the links: Why participate? Who can participate? ServiceNow and the future of source control We have a ServiceNow Hacktoberfest Slack channel! How do I participate? Available Projects SNDevs Slacker Bot SNDevs Points Thing Next Experience Recipes App Code-Snippets Next Experience Fleet Management App Plants App Integration Hub Spokes Instance Scan Checks Syntax Macros Next Experience SWAG Portal Why participate?

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

1 minute read

Hacktoberfest is live! go to devlink.sn/hacktoberfest October is right around the corner and you know what that means! It’s Hacktoberfest! Every year we encourage ServiceNow Developers to participate in DigitalOcean’s Hacktoberfest event by contributing to a ServiceNow open-sourced project or repository. You get some cool swag too!

Last year, we were blown away by the participation 452 Pull requests were made by 90 contributors! We are excited to see what you all come up with this year!

Brad Tilton

1 minute read

This week, we are continuing the San Diego Release Season content with new features centered around managing your development. These include source control, bulk adding to global bundles, and converting your app records. So what’s new? Enhanced Source Control stashing: Previously, when you stashed changes there wasn’t much info available around the stash after the fact. The new enhancement provides more details. Convert custom applications to upgrade from the application repository - Previously, if you had an application you installed into your production environment with update sets instead of the application repository, you would need to involve ServiceNow’s support team to convert the application to be able to receive updates through the app repo.

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

2 minute read

October is behind us and our most successful ServiceNow Hacktoberfest is in the books! Here are the final numbers for 2021:

452 Pull requests 22x Increase from last year 90 Contributors 119 Pull requests reviewed by volunteers niammcash paigesndev smartcarleen mgopw 292 forks across all repos Show us your stickers and shirts! When you receive your Hacktoberfest swag from DigitalOcean, be sure to post on social with the hashtag #ServiceNowDev so everyone can see your hard-earned loot!

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

2 minute read

We are past the half-way point on Hacktoberfest and wanted to highlight the amazing progress so far! If you haven’t participated yet, you still have time! Check out our Hacktoberfest 2021 post to get started. Remember to claim your prize! If you already have participated and have made your four qualifying pull requests, don’t forget to go to DigitalOcean to claim your rewards!

Pull Requests Hacktoberfest completion is measured in “Pull requests” approved and merged so let’s take a look at that first:

Hacktoberfest and ServiceNow Earl Duque

3 minute read

It’s that time of year again! Every year we encourage ServiceNow Developers to participate in DigitalOcean’s Hacktoberfest event by contributing to a ServiceNow project or repository. Why participate? The more the community is equipped, the more that community can contribute. The more you get used to source-controlled projects, the more you can contribute to any number of open-source projects. You get a free t-shirt (the t-shirt also comes with bragging rights)!