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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
Google Sheets is an incredibly powerful tool for data analysis and collaboration. One of its most robust features is the ability to create custom functions using Google Apps Script, which can be used just like any built-in function within your spreadsheets. This capability allows you to tailor Google Sheets to your specific needs, making data … Read more
Google Sheets is a powerful tool for collaboration and data management. Sometimes, you might want to enhance the interactivity of your sheets by programmatically adding comments to cells or ranges of cells. Using Google Apps Script, you can automate this process, making it easier to manage larger data sets or collaborative projects. In this blog … Read more
In Google Sheets, providing dropdown lists for users can enhance data entry accuracy and efficiency. Using Google Apps Script, you can automate the process of populating dropdown values based on data from another sheet. In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to copy values from one sheet to another and dynamically update dropdown lists … Read more
In Google Apps Script, managing styles in Google Docs can become cumbersome, especially when dealing with multiple styles across a large document. Object literals can streamline this process, providing a structured and reusable approach to handling styles. In this blog post, I’ll explain how using object literals can simplify the styling process in Google Docs … Read more
When designing web applications within the Google Apps Script environment, it’s crucial to ensure that UI elements like modals are responsive and look good on all devices, from desktops to mobile phones. This post will guide you through creating a responsive modal dialog in Google Apps Script using the HTML service, ensuring it adapts to … Read more
Creating visual diagrams like web layouts directly in Google Docs can be a unique challenge, especially when you need to integrate dynamically fetched images into a structured format such as a table. Google Docs provides basic functionalities for handling images and tables but integrating them seamlessly requires a bit of scripting finesse using Google Apps … Read more
In the modern digital workspace, protecting and branding your documents is crucial. One effective way to achieve this is by adding watermarks to your documents. Although Google Apps Script doesn’t directly support advanced PDF manipulations, you can still use it to create watermarked PDFs by leveraging Google Docs as an intermediary. In this blog post, … Read more
In today’s digital environment, managing files efficiently can save a lot of time and hassle. Google Apps Script provides a powerful way to automate tasks within Google’s suite of services, including Google Drive. In this blog post, I’ll guide you through creating a simple script that checks if a specific file exists within a Google … Read more
Instead of making an additional fetch request from the client-side to get the data, you will pass the data directly when the HTML page is initially served. Here’s how you can achieve this: Google Apps Script: Server-Side You’ll modify the doGet function to use an HTML template that includes the data. This allows the server … Read more
To create a web application using Google Apps Script that outputs the contents of a Google Spreadsheet into a client-side JavaScript object, you’ll need to write code for both the server-side (Google Apps Script) and the client-side (HTML with embedded JavaScript). Here’s how you can set it up: 1. Google Apps Script: Server-Side First, you’ll … Read more