Outline from my "Google Apps Script" Lightning Talk @ Hack Reactor

Google Apps Script.md

Lightning Talk: Google Apps Script

• What is Google Apps Script
  • Homepage: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/
  • Extend Google Apps: "Increase the power of your favorite Google apps — like Calendar, Docs, Drive, Gmail, and Sheets. Apps Script lets you do more with Google. All on a JavaScript platform in the cloud."
  • Written in Javascript
    • with lots of new Globals
    • everything is synchronous, no callbacks
    • have to use the Apps Script IDE
  • Runs on Google servers
• How to access Apps Script
  • Tools > Script Editor
  • New Blank project
  • Bound script vs Unbound
• How to access Apps Script documentation
  • https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/calendar/
  • or google "spreadsheets App Script", should be first result
• Logger.log()
  • instead of console.log()
  • Use Cmd + Enter to see the log
• Debug tools
• Custom spreadsheet functions vs App Script functions
• Programmatic emails
• Create files programmatically: Documents, Forms, Calendar Events
• Gmail Meter: Analytics about your email habits
• Triggers
• Webapp & GET / POST