@hrax/eslint-plugin-now-best-practices NPM

ServiceNow Best Practices ESLint Plugin

Set of Service Now technical best practice rules to highlight common errors that occur during development of Service Now applications.

This plugin is not a replacement for tools such as QualityClouds or other PMD tools.

You'll first need to install ESLint:

$ npm i eslint --save-dev

Next, install @hrax/eslint-plugin-now-best-practices:

$ npm install @hrax/eslint-plugin-now-best-practices --save-dev

Add @hrax/now-best-practices to the plugins section of your .eslintrc configuration file. You can omit the eslint-plugin- prefix:

{
    "plugins": [
        "@hrax/now-best-practices"
    ]
}

Add rule to the rules section of your .eslintrc configuration file.

{
    "rules": {
        "@hrax/now-best-practices/rule-name": 2
    }
}

Rule name	Category	Description
gslog-source	Best Practices	Enforce use of gs.log calls with 2 arguments
no-dotwalk-ref-id	Best Practices	Disallow dot-walking to the sys_id of reference field
no-encoded-query-literal	Strict Mode	Enforce use of GlideRecord.addEncodedQuery calls without hardcoded literals
no-encoded-query	Strict Mode	Disallow use of GlideRecord.addEncodedQuery calls
no-gslog	Strict Mode	Disallow use of gs.log calls
no-gsprint	Strict Mode	Disallow use of gs.print calls
no-gssql	Strict Mode	Disallow use of gs.sql calls
no-hardcoded-id	Best Practices	Disallow hardcoded Sys ID in Literals
no-rowcount	Best Practices	Disallow use of GlideRecord.getRowCount calls
no-synchronous-glideajax	Best Practices	Disallow use of of synchronous GlideAjax.getXMLWait and GlideAjax.getAnswer calls

Add configuration to the extends section of your .eslintrc configuration file.

{
  "extends": ["plugin:@hrax/now-best-practices/configuration-name"]
}

Add environment to the env section of your .eslintrc configuration file.

{
  "env": {
    "@hrax/now-best-practices/environment-name": true
  }
}

Service Now environment to register "common" server global variables available within Service Now platform.

Global	Writable	References
global	false	Service Now global application scope
current	false	currently edited GlideRecord
previous	false	previous version of currently edited GlideRecord
action	false	type of current action
gs	false	global GlideSystem shortcut
Class	false	global Service Now Class implementation
AbstractAjaxProcessor	false	AJAX processor base class (Quebec)
GSLog	false	GSLog (Quebec)
GlideRecord	false	GlideRecord (Quebec)
GlideAggregate	false	GlideAggregate (Quebec)
GlideElement	false	GlideElement (Quebec)
GlideDateTime	false	GlideDateTime (Quebec)
GlideFilter	false	GlideFilter (Quebec)
GlideSchedule	false	GlideSchedule (Quebec)
GlideRecordUtil	false	GlideRecordUtil (Quebec)
JSUtil	false	JSUtil (Quebec)
ArrayUtil	false	ArrayUtil (Quebec)
DurationCalculator	false	DurationCalculator (Quebec)
j2js	false	j2js (Quebec)
JSON	false	JSON (Quebec)
JSONParser	false	JSONParser (Quebec)
g_scratchpad	false	variable for GlideFormScratchpad (Quebec)

Service Now environment to register "common" client global variables available within Service Now platform.

Global	Writable	References
g_menu	false	variable for GlideMenu
g_item	false	variable for GlideMenu
g_list	false	variable for GlideList2
g_form	false	variable for GlideForm (Quebec)
g_scratchpad	false	variable for GlideFormScratchpad (Quebec)
g_user	false	variable for GlideUser
GlideAjax	false	client GlideAjax (Quebec)
GlideDialogWindow	false	client GlideDialogWindow (Quebec)
GlideList2	false	client GlideList2 (Quebec)
GlideMenu	false	client GlideMenu (Quebec)
GlideUser	false	client GlideUser (Quebec)

Service Now environment to register "common" service portal global variables available within Service Now platform.

Global	Writable	References
data	true	server variable in Service Portal
input	false	server variable in Service Portal
angular	false	server variable in Service Portal
$sp	false	server variable in Service Portal
spUtil	false	server variable in Service Portal
g_service_catalog	false	server variable in Service Portal
g_list	false	server variable in Service Portal
g_form	false	server variable in Service Portal
GlideAjax	false	server variable in Service Portal
GlideRecord	false	server variable in Service Portal

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