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title: Glide stack
description: Glide is an extensible Web 2.0 development platform written in Java that facilitates rapid development of forms-based workflow applications \(work orders, trouble ticketing, and project management, for example\).
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Glide stack

Glide is an extensible Web 2.0 development platform written in Java that facilitates rapid development of forms-based workflow applications \(work orders, trouble ticketing, and project management, for example\).

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User interface and Java packages

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Technologies used

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User Interface \(browser\)

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-   AngularJS
-   HTML
-   CSS
-   JavaScript

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GlideServlet com.glide.ui

com.glide.jelly

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Apache Jelly

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Business Rulescom.glide.script

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Mozilla Rhino

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Persistencecom.glide.db

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JDBC

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Name

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Attributes

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GlideServlet

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The primary driver of Glide, and the only servlet in the system, is found in GlideServlet.java.

-   Handles inbound action requests
-   Renders pages
-   Merges data with forms
-   Presents to user
-   Interfaces with script layer

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Business Rules

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-   ECMAScript implementation based on [Mozilla Rhino](http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/)
-   Interfaces with persistence layer using JDBC recordset interface
-   Merges persistence layer meta-data with data for easy correlation

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Persistence

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-   Persistence means any store
    -   RDBMS
    -   LDAP
    -   File system
-   Uniform access regardless of store type
-   Provides QUID and meta-data capabilities
-   Interfaces presented to callers
    -   RecordSet
    -   TableDescriptor
    -   ElementDescriptor

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</table>\[Omitted image "GlideServlet.svg"\] Alt text: Diagram of the Glide stack

**Parent Topic:**[Glide class overview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/scripts/r_GlideClassOverview.md)