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1 online resource |
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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Enhancing Spreadsheets; Spreadsheet functions versus Google Apps Script -- how to choose?; An example; The spreadsheet-formula approach; The Google Apps Script approach -- a few comments; The Google Apps Script approach -- the code; Using the development environment -- the script editor; The advantages of autocompletion; Reading the documentation; Custom spreadsheet functions; Formatting your spreadsheets automatically; Menus and custom buttons in spreadsheets |
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Reading and writing data from spreadsheets -- best practices and performancesExample; Catching events; Who is doing what? Script authorizations; Protecting your data; Publishing your data on the Web; Printing and exporting the result; Summary; Chapter 2: Create and Manipulate Forms; What tools do we have?; Forms' limitations; Handling answers; Forms' alternatives; A quick peek at the UiApp and HTML services; Summary; Chapter 3: Managing an E-mail Account; Retrieving Gmail data; Creating labels; Counting, sorting, archiving, and deleting e-mails and threads; Execution time versus time limit |
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Creating e-mail messagesAutomating a complete workflow; Summary; Chapter 4: Embedding Script in Text Documents; What can be done; Generating a Google document from spreadsheet data using a script; Analyzing, duplicating, and modifying document elements; Using a script to insert an image into a document; Compiling and presenting data from other services; Summary; Chapter 5: Embedding Scripts in Google Sites; Site gadget's limitations/restrictions/use cases; Creating and maintaining sites with GAS; Creating pages; Interactivity; Summary; Chapter 6: Standalone Web Applications / User Interfaces |
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UI or not UI, that's the questionCommon concepts to all web apps; Building an efficient UI; Building a good-looking UI; Building an amazing UI; Limiting user access; Protecting your data (and your script); Summary; Chapter 7: Using User Interfaces in Spreadsheets and Documents; Pop ups; Sidebars; Summary; Chapter 8: How to Expand your Knowledge; JavaScript versus Google Apps Script; Infinite resources; Being a newbie is, by definition, temporary; Try to find your own best learning method; Summary; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Development perspectives; Google's secrets; Personal point of view; Index |
| Summary |
In Detail Google Apps Script is a JavaScript-based programming language that works on the cloud and is 100% free to use. It provides all the tools necessary for Google services to work. Users can easily transfer any data from one service to another, save their important e-mails as files, save and share files with anybody, and even build their own website. It's a great way of allowing people with minimal technical knowledge to create great solutions for their company. This book is a practical hands-on guide which is presented and explained with working examples to help you get started with Google Apps Script. You will create custom functions in your spreadsheets, design your own forms, filter your emails, and publish web applications that you can use every day. You are going to be part of a great journey from basic spreadsheet functionality and customization to fully automated workflows; all of this almost seamlessly and without complications. On your way, you will filter your e-mails, create your forms, calculate all sorts of parameters, and be able to share just about anything that can be shared; all of this with the power of Google Apps Script at your fingertips. You will learn to embed scripts and text documents in Google sites, and will also be taken through standalone applications and user interfaces. The book ends with some tips and tricks to expand your knowledge. Approach This book is a simple step-by-step, example-oriented guide with a focus on providing the practical skills necessary to develop and customize apps with Apps Script. Who this book is for If you are an application developer with no knowledge of App Script, and would like to learn to build apps using Google Apps script from scratch, then this book is for you. Basic JavaScript knowledge is required |
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Google Apps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008002835
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Google Apps fast |
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Web site development -- Software
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Application software.
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Java (Computer program language)
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COMPUTERS -- Web -- Browsers.
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COMPUTERS -- Web -- Design.
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Application software
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Java (Computer program language)
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Web site development
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Software
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1306461790 |
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9781306461795 |
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9781783552184 |
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1783552182 |
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1783552174 |
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9781783552177 |
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