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..FWIW, for those of you who haven't been enlightened with the power that Google Apps Script[1] offers yet, be sure to check it out: http://script.google.com ht
by nirvanatikku 13y ago
..FWIW, for those of you who haven't been enlightened with the power that Google Apps Script[1] offers yet, be sure to check it out: http://script.google.com http://script.google.com. Layered on top of Spreadsheets, this pair takes prototyping to a whole new level.
[1] https://developers.google.com/apps-script/ https://developers.google.com/apps-script/
- jianshen 13y agoApps Scripts are pretty amazing. You can add custom UI elements to Google Spreadsheets and have it talk to external services (even your own). My team is currently using it as a makeshift JSON level editor for a mobile game where each tab represents a collection of objects and the schema is defined dynamically by whatever is in the frozen header row. (think Backbone collections and models).
- andrewb 13y agoFrom personal experience, Google Apps Script is not ready for Enterprise / Production. It's simply too unreliable. However I do enjoy the API. It's wonderful how easy it is to prototype an idea and get it off the ground with minimal effort.
- AmericanOP 13y agoI've been hunting for a dev to connect Google spreadsheets with our company's CRM. If someone is interested in a project, email is in my profile. I've gotten very lucky meeting smart people through HN before, so why not try again!
- MediaSquirrel 13y agoYou probably don't need a dev. Try Zapier.com
- rattray 13y agoI've done a number of things with Apps Script exactly because I couldn't do them with Zapier (or IFTTT, for that matter).
- BonoboBoner 13y agoVBA in the cloud?
- _nate_ 13y agoI've actually used an excel doc as a backend, which wrote json to a server for an app to consume. And honestly, I would do it again over using a google doc.