Hi there. Today I will discuss about 4 applications that I install in my developer instance. These applications really help me with programming, debugging and almost everything. And that’s the secret of my speed when it comes to working in Servicenow, just kidding!!! But these help me save a lot of time.

1:) **Xplore Developer Toolkit**

**Link:** [Xplore: Developer Toolkit](https://developer.servicenow.com/connect.do#!/share/contents/9650888%5Fxplore%5Fdeveloper%5Ftoolkit?v=4.05&t=PRODUCT%5FDETAILS)

**Creator:** James Neale

**My Ratings:** 5/5

**Features:**

* Background script alternative – explore server side objects
* Client console alternative – explore client side objects
* Test and debug code and objects
* Built in regular expression testing tool
* Built in table explorer
* Built in log viewer

Luckily, we have a good video series for xplore

A real time saver.

2:) **SN Utils – Tools for Servicenow**

**Link:** [SN Utils- Tools for Servicenow](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sn-utils-tools-for-servic/jgaodbdddndbaijmcljdbglhpdhnjobg?hl=en)

**Creator:** arnoudkooi.com

**My Ratings:** 4/5

**Features:**

* Slashcommands type in /help to know more about this feature
* Edit scripts and widgets in VS Code! (requires sn-scriptsync)
* Show technical names: Show useful info like choice value and name next to labels.
* Search updatesets in progress, view list and set current.
* View your last 20 updates, browse to related record. (Admin role only)
* Node switching.
* Search tables and open list, dictionary or schema map.
* View the data and columns of the current record in a table (similair to view XML)
* Select a (abstract) username, view details of user.
* Provide (context aware) links to relevant places.
* Ability to popin, popout, or copy a tab. (also via context menu)
* Generate GlideRecord template, based on list
* Save record with CTRL-S / CMD-S
* Rightclick to go to Scriptinclude, table or search
* Paste a clipboard image to any record with CTRL-V / CMD-V
* CMD / CTRL Click in a form on element labels, to build conditions and open list
* Support for Studio
* Context menu code snippets and links

**Demo Link:** [Demo Video](https://youtu.be/qFLFW9IbfD0)

3:) **Powershell Utility**

**Update Set Link:** [PowerShell Utility](http://www.john-james-andersen.com/wp-content/uploads/PowershellProbe%5Fv0%5F2.xml%5F-1.zip)

**Creator:** John J. Andersen

**My Ratings:** 4/5

**Feature:**

* Run powershell directly from ServiceNow to any remote machine. Has an update to this known as [PowerShell Utility V2](https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community%5Fquestion&sys%5Fid=7fda0f6ddb5cdbc01dcaf3231f96197c) done by [Conmic](https://account.servicenow.com/personal-data/11e9c30c7/5e66679ad/b40a6cdff/a1f44WYRP/resume.html). Check that out as well.

**Demo Blogs:**

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A must for someone working on automation using powershell and servicenow.

4:) **Add to Update Set Utility**

**Link:** [Add to Update Set Utility](https://developer.servicenow.com/connect.do#!/share/contents/9824957%5Fadd%5Fto%5Fupdate%5Fset%5Futility?t=PRODUCT%5FDETAILS)

**Creator:** Ben Hollifield

**My Ratings:**4/5

A global UI Action for admins that will add any record (plus attachments & translations) to the active update set. In the case of multi-scope record sets, the UI Action will automatically generate appropriate update sets in each application scope, bundling them under a batch update set for simple promotion to other ServiceNow instances. \*\* Requires the ‘Update Set Batching (com.glide.system\_hierarchy\_update\_set)’ plug-in \*\*

**Features-**

* Appears as a link at the bottom of each record
* For adding multiple records at once, appears as a drop-down menu option on each list

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