Google Apps Script - CalendarApp & SpreadsheetApp Project

Create interactive application - connect Google Spreadsheet to track Calendar events and create Calendar events

What you'll learn

Appply Google Apps Script to create projects
Build SpreadsheetApp and CalendarApp applciations
Explore using JavaScript for client side interaction with Google Script
Develop and deploy web app with Google Script
Add interactive functions into Google Spreadsheet


Requirements

Google Account
Internet Access
JavaScript knowledge
HTML and CSS experience

Description

Explore how you can use Google Apps Script to develop interactive applications that can be used to improve business workflow and extend the functionality of the google suite of products. This course covers building a project which adds the ability within a Google Spreadsheet to search the users Google Calendar and track results within the spreadsheet. In Addition create an option to add items into the users calendar from the spreadsheet menu as well as from a web app url form.

JavaScript is a prerequisite to Google Script as its based on JavaScript coding. Many of the methods and code from JavaScript can be used to write Google Script. If you know JavaScript you know Google Script!!!!

Google provides classes and methods that can be applied within the code to connect various Google products together to create some REALLY REALLY amazing functionality that can save time. Power up your web development using the POWER of GOOGLE

So many amazing things can be done - if you have never used Google Script then prepare to be AMAZED - best of all its easy and you can do SOOOO MUCH with just a few lines of code.

Course Contents -

CalendarApp - selecting events

CalendarApp - creating events into your calendar

SpreadsheetApp - updating UI adding buttons

SpreadsheetApp - running functions from UI tool menu

SpreadsheetApp - Creating new sheet

SpreadsheetApp - Adding rows and content to spreadsheet

HTMLService -Use of html templates files for project output and popup windows

SpreadsheetApp - UI dialog window, toast, sidebar

Web App with URL to connect to Google Script methods

Sending data from client side to server side - return and response handling

JavaScript for checking if values exist in a string

JavaScript HTML and CSS for template used as dialog

Sending form data to Google Script to handle

Please note that this is a project based course covering step by step how to build and construct the project - source code is also included so you can try the code yourself.

Step by step learning with all steps included.

Beginner JavaScript knowledge is required. Also HTML and CSS knowledge is essential.

Along with friendly support in the Q&A to help you learn and answer any questions you may have.

Create your own Google Script see what amazing things you can build with it.


Who this course is for:

JavaScript developers
Google Apps Script Coders
Anyone who wants to learn Google Script
Web developers
Application creators
Business process improvement developers