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Building UI in Google Apps Script just got a whole lot easier

67 points by abraham 15y ago

cdcarter 15y ago
Is GAS still super slow? I don't care how fast I can develop my app on top of a spreadsheet if it runs slower than my abacus.
- eschutte2 15y ago
  Springbase is fast. Try it out and let me know what you think: http://www.springbase.com http://www.springbase.com
- rdamico 15y ago
  Yes, it can be VERY slow. But for us it's so valuable (allowing us to build a custom CRM on top of gmail and google spreadsheets) that it's good enough for now.
tjsnyder 15y ago
It looks like google has reimplemented VB6 for javascript.
- grandalf 15y ago
  The glue that powers more small business systems than anyone could ever imagine. Wow this is pretty huge.
- omouse 15y ago
  At least Javascript is a proper language (even though it has a few warts). It's a scheme after my own lisp/
- neovive 15y ago
  This is the first time I've seen Apps Script and I was thinking along the same lines. It's like VB6 with all of the Google Cloud goodness built-in. The GMail API looks especially promising.
- asnyder 15y ago
  Wouldn't Visual Basic for Applications be a more appropriate comparison?
matt1 15y ago
If you're just looking for a UI builder and are not looking for anything on the backend, I'd encourage you to check out my app, Lean Designs [1], an HTML5-based WYSIWYG website builder. If Photoshop and Dreamweaver had a baby and then it went on a heavy diet, I'd like to think it would look something like Lean Designs. :) Here's an example of a site created with it (keep in mind all the HTML and CSS is generated algorithmically): http://www.leandesigns.com/designs/3954/16efd20996 http://www.leandesigns.com/designs/3954/16efd20996 [1] http://www.leandesigns.com http://www.leandesigns.com
- est 15y ago
  There is a vertical scroll bar in your first link under Chrome http://i.imgur.com/mk2IX.png http://i.imgur.com/mk2IX.png
  - matt1 15y ago
    Thanks -- I'll get on it. What version of Chrome are you on? If you or anybody reading this has the know-how to determine what's causing the scroll bar to get added, it would help me troubleshoot it as I can't reproduce it on my version of Chrome (13.0.782.15 dev). Based on your screenshot it looks like the scroll bar is being added to the wrapper in that section of the page.
    - Johnnytops 15y ago
      i see the scroll bar as well. look at div.wrapper {overflow: auto;}
    - matt1 15y ago
      If anyone stumbles across this who sees the scroll bar, please drop me a note: matt@leandesigns.com -- would love a few minutes of your time to help resolve this.
- dools 15y ago
  Must be something in the water! We just released a "content focused" mockup tool based on Decal CMS http://decalcms.com/mockups/ http://decalcms.com/mockups/

67 points by abraham 15y ago

Is GAS still super slow? I don't care how fast I can develop my app on top of a spreadsheet if it runs slower than my abacus.

eschutte2 15y ago
Springbase is fast. Try it out and let me know what you think: http://www.springbase.com http://www.springbase.com
rdamico 15y ago
Yes, it can be VERY slow. But for us it's so valuable (allowing us to build a custom CRM on top of gmail and google spreadsheets) that it's good enough for now.

tjsnyder 15y ago

It looks like google has reimplemented VB6 for javascript.

grandalf 15y ago
The glue that powers more small business systems than anyone could ever imagine. Wow this is pretty huge.
omouse 15y ago
At least Javascript is a proper language (even though it has a few warts). It's a scheme after my own lisp/
neovive 15y ago
This is the first time I've seen Apps Script and I was thinking along the same lines. It's like VB6 with all of the Google Cloud goodness built-in. The GMail API looks especially promising.
asnyder 15y ago
Wouldn't Visual Basic for Applications be a more appropriate comparison?

matt1 15y ago

If you're just looking for a UI builder and are not looking for anything on the backend, I'd encourage you to check out my app, Lean Designs [1], an HTML5-based WYSIWYG website builder. If Photoshop and Dreamweaver had a baby and then it went on a heavy diet, I'd like to think it would look something like Lean Designs. :) Here's an example of a site created with it (keep in mind all the HTML and CSS is generated algorithmically): http://www.leandesigns.com/designs/3954/16efd20996 http://www.leandesigns.com/designs/3954/16efd20996 [1] http://www.leandesigns.com http://www.leandesigns.com

est 15y ago
There is a vertical scroll bar in your first link under Chrome http://i.imgur.com/mk2IX.png http://i.imgur.com/mk2IX.png
- matt1 15y ago
  Thanks -- I'll get on it. What version of Chrome are you on? If you or anybody reading this has the know-how to determine what's causing the scroll bar to get added, it would help me troubleshoot it as I can't reproduce it on my version of Chrome (13.0.782.15 dev). Based on your screenshot it looks like the scroll bar is being added to the wrapper in that section of the page.
  - Johnnytops 15y ago
    i see the scroll bar as well. look at div.wrapper {overflow: auto;}
  - matt1 15y ago
    If anyone stumbles across this who sees the scroll bar, please drop me a note: matt@leandesigns.com -- would love a few minutes of your time to help resolve this.
dools 15y ago
Must be something in the water! We just released a "content focused" mockup tool based on Decal CMS http://decalcms.com/mockups/ http://decalcms.com/mockups/