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title: "Things one can get used to for the V8 Google Apps Scripts engine"
author: "Martin Hawksey"
date: 2020-03-02T20:04:12+00:00
modified: 2020-03-02T20:06:41+00:00
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  - "Snippet"
  - "V8"
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featured_image: https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2020/03/gist-og-image.png
description: "A bit of a monologue about various syntax changes and adjustments in learning and using the tool. Great post from Adam Morris (@clssrmtechtools) aimed at Google Apps Script developers wanting to start coding with the..."
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# Things one can get used to for the V8 Google Apps Scripts engine

![Things one can get used to for the V8 Google Apps Scripts engine](https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2020/03/gist-og-image.png)

> [https://gist.github.com/brainysmurf/35c901bae6e33a52e3abcea720a6b515](https://gist.github.com/brainysmurf/35c901bae6e33a52e3abcea720a6b515)A bit of a monologue about various syntax changes and adjustments in learning and using the tool.

Great post from Adam Morris (@[clssrmtechtools**](https://twitter.com/clssrmtechtools)) aimed at Google Apps Script developers wanting to start coding with the more modern JavaScript syntax used in V8. Adam shares lots of great advice to get started and build upon.

Source: *[Things one can get used to for the V8 Google Apps Scripts engine*](https://gist.github.com/brainysmurf/35c901bae6e33a52e3abcea720a6b515)

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*Published by [Martin Hawksey](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/author/admin/) on [Pulse](https://pulse.appsscript.info/). Original article: [https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2020/03/things-one-can-get-used-to-for-the-v8-google-apps-scripts-engine/](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2020/03/things-one-can-get-used-to-for-the-v8-google-apps-scripts-engine/)*