Contextual development environment
concept brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read c_ContextualDevelopmentEnvironment.md
The platform is a contextual development environment that displays the currently selected application, identifies the scope of every application artifact, and prevents any changes that violate the access settings for an application.
Application developers can use the contextual development environment to:
- Determine the application context
- View and select applications
- Enforce application version standards
- Enforce application resource throttling
- Enforce script protection policies
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--- title: Contextual development environment description: The platform is a contextual development environment that displays the currently selected application, identifies the scope of every application artifact, and prevents any changes that violate the access settings for an application. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/application-development/c\_ContextualDevelopmentEnvironment.html release: brazil topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Learning about developing on the ServiceNow AI Platform, Classic app development, Building applications] --- # Contextual development environment The platform is a contextual development environment that displays the currently selected application, identifies the scope of every application artifact, and prevents any changes that violate the access settings for an application. Application developers can use the contextual development environment to: - Determine the application context - View and select applications - Enforce application version standards - Enforce application resource throttling - Enforce script protection policies
| title | Contextual development environment |
| description | The platform is a contextual development environment that displays the currently selected application, identifies the scope of every application artifact, and prevents any changes that violate the access settings for an application. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/application-development/c\_ContextualDevelopmentEnvironment.html |
| release | brazil |
| topic_type | concept |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Learning about developing on the ServiceNow AI PlatformClassic app developmentBuilding applications |