Google Apps Script

Learn how to create dynamic web applications with Google Apps Script and take full advantage of your Google-hosted services. If you have basic coding skills and some JavaScript experience, this practical book shows you how Apps Script works, and provides step-by-step guidance for building applications you can use right away.

Apps Script is handy for automating Google Apps tasks, but it also serves as a complete application platform. With this book, you’ll learn how to build, store, run, and share data-driven web apps right on Google Drive. You’ll have access to complete code and working examples that show you how everything fits together.

• Build an interactive Web App UI that runs on most web and mobile browsers
• Create a sample product catalog that displays custom data from a spreadsheet
• Develop an application to generate web forms from templates
• Use Apps Script to build a simple web-based database application
• Design a document workflow builder that users can quickly customize
• Create a Google form that lets you select and send email responses
• Debug your code and keep track of script problems after deployment

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Google Apps Script is a JavaScript based programing platform hosted on Google servers giving you a complete solution for creating your applications in the cloud. Don't let the name fool you, Google Apps Script is much more that a simple Microsoft Macros replacement for Google Spreadsheets.

With the power of Google Apps Script you can build and run your application right from Google's always available servers providing everything from spreadsheet calculations to incredibly advanced Web Applications that use data from sources like CloudSQL.

Because Google Apps Script is part of your Google Drive, you get Google's legendary security already built in and the ability to deploy your applications through the Google Chrome Web Store meaning you can reach millions of customers or easily provide a deployment and maintenance solution for your business.

In this fully revised edition you will learn how to create compelling Web applications using CSS JavaScript and HTML, automate Google Spreadsheets, Documents, Gmail and other Services, and write scripts that enhance your Google Apps.

Using step by step instructions this book will cover everything from where to find Google Apps Script to deploying working applications in a format that is approachable for novice programmers and Google Apps Domain Admins. Full code examples and links to working applications will help you understand how everything goes together and enhance learning.

• Learn how to create applications on Google's Cloud
• Automate everyday tasks
• Build Web Applications using CSS, JavaScript and HTML
• Supercharge Google Documents and Gmail
• Create workflows and automate business processes