ServiceNow Development Handbook (Old): Don’t buy this one, you ninny. Buy the second edition. handbook.snc.guru

NOTE: The second edition of this book is now available! We strongly recommend getting the second edition, which you can find on Amazon at the short-link: http://handbook.snc.guru/

The goal of this book is to cover the standards and best-practices that most ServiceNow developers either learn the hard way, or never learn at all: the things that every developer wishes they knew from day one, and which – once learned – will make you a more effective and efficient developer. Do your future self a favor, and read this book!

Having an understanding of why a given standard is what it is (and why it’s important), will not only make you more likely to adhere to it, but will empower you to apply the logic and underlying concepts to other areas. It’ll make you a more effective administrator, developer, or architect. That’s that spirit in which this compendium was written: A spirit of teaching and explaining, not simply listing out a series of edicts under the heading of “best-practice”.

This is a condensed “developer guide”, not a complete ServiceNow training course in book-form. It assumes that you’ve already become at least somewhat familiar with the ServiceNow platform, and that you already have at least a working knowledge of JavaScript. If you don’t yet feel comfortable calling yourself a “ServiceNow developer”, consider reading another book by Tim to get up to speed: Learning ServiceNow (ISBN-13: 978-1785883323) which you can find at the link http://books.sngeek.com/.
As long as you have a basic understanding of the ServiceNow platform though, think of this book as your roadmap to ensuring that your work in ServiceNow will be clean, effective, safe, and robust.