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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
Continuing from our previous blog post, here are three more coding exercises for Google Apps Script. These exercises will help you deepen your understanding of Apps Script by creating custom functions, manipulating Google Sheets data, and integrating with external APIs. Exercise 4: Create a Custom Function to Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit Objective:Create a custom function … Read more
Google Apps Script is a powerful tool that allows you to automate tasks across Google Workspace products like Google Sheets, Docs, and Gmail. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through three coding exercises that will help you get started with Google Apps Script. These exercises range from creating custom functions in Google Sheets to … Read more
Google Sheets is an incredibly versatile tool for managing and organizing data. However, if you want to get notified when new data is added, you need to set up some automation. With Google Apps Script, you can create a script to send email notifications whenever a new row is added to a specific sheet. This … Read more
Sorting a column of dates and times in a specific format, like “Sun, Jun 2, 2024, 11:42 PM,” can be a useful feature when managing schedules, logs, or any time-sensitive data. Google Apps Script provides a powerful way to automate this process. In this blog post, we’ll walk through the steps to write an Apps … Read more
Google Apps Script is a powerful tool that allows you to automate tasks across Google Workspace. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of resizing all images in a Google Doc to 90% of their page size using Google Apps Script. This can be particularly useful for ensuring consistency and optimizing the … Read more
How to Do Custom Form Validation with Google Apps Script in a Web App Google Apps Script provides a powerful platform for creating web applications that interact with Google Workspace. One common requirement for web apps is form validation. In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to implement custom form validation using Google Apps … Read more
Google Apps Script is a versatile tool for automating tasks within Google Workspace. However, encountering errors like “data not defined” can be frustrating. In this blog post, we’ll troubleshoot a common issue in a script that displays Google Sheets data in a dialog box. Understanding the Error The error message “data not defined” typically indicates … Read more
Google Apps Script is a powerful tool that allows you to automate tasks across Google’s suite of apps. One practical use case is to create an API endpoint that outputs data from a Google Sheet as JSON. This can be particularly useful for integrating Google Sheets data with other applications. In this blog post, I’ll … Read more
In this tutorial, we will create a Google Apps Script that highlights duplicates in a specified column of a Google Sheet. The script will ignore the first occurrence of each value and only highlight subsequent duplicates. This can be particularly useful for data analysis, ensuring that you can easily spot repeated entries. Step-by-Step Guide Step … Read more
Google Apps Script is a powerful tool for automating tasks across Google Workspace applications. In this blog post, we will walk through how to use Google Apps Script to update specific paragraphs in a Google Doc. We will cover two functionalities: We’ll also include an image to enhance the visual appeal of this post. Step-by-Step … Read more