Google Apps Script: Web Apps
Did you know that you can easily create an interactive webpage web app that you can embed in your own website or your Google Workspace domain for internal use with your organisation with Google Apps Script?
Perhaps you want to create a small online app using resources you have in your Google workspace, like Google Sheets or BigQuery.
Maybe the functionality of Google Forms is not enough and you want to build a custom form for something like a seat booking form with a way for users to register a bunch of participants and immediately see if there are seats available. Or create a form where each answer creates a new set of questions that you want to add to a Google Sheet in our own way.
What if you wanted to road test a new app idea and want to use the development speed of Google Apps Script to get a proof of concept up and running in a flash?
Fortunately for you, Google Apps Script has you covered with the ability to deploy Web Apps.
Even if you have been working in the Google Apps Script environment for a while, getting started on Web Apps can be a bit of a daunting task. It’s just that little bit different that it can make you apprehensive at first. However, let me tell you that once you master the few basics, you will be smashing out Web Apps in no time.
In this tutorial, we will go over the very basics of creating your very first Web App. Don’t worry it will be a little bit more useful and interactive than a “Hello World” app. We will get the user to enter a value client-side. Then send it server-side for calculation and then return it back for display client-side.
Let’s take a look at what we are going to build:
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