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title: "Develop My First Gmail Add-on via Google Apps Script: My Software Engineer Internship at dialoggBox"
author: "Martin Hawksey"
date: 2020-09-15T15:36:00+00:00
modified: 2020-09-14T20:38:31+00:00
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  - "Add-on"
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  - "Gmail"
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description: "My article will be composed of three parts: What service do dialoggBox and this gmail add-on provide? What was my experience using Google Apps Script to build an add-on product? How did I develop each section of the gmail add-on?"
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# Develop My First Gmail Add-on via Google Apps Script: My Software Engineer Internship at dialoggBox

![Develop My First Gmail Add-on via Google Apps Script: My Software Engineer Internship at dialoggBox](https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2020/09/1GWoBxDiYJ8erirNxxPJ1uw.png)

> [https://medium.com/@nancydyc/develop-my-first-gmail-add-on-via-google-apps-script-my-software-engineer-internship-at-dialoggbox-e05d93d3a345](https://medium.com/@nancydyc/develop-my-first-gmail-add-on-via-google-apps-script-my-software-engineer-internship-at-dialoggbox-e05d93d3a345)
> I’m a teacher-turned-developer actively searching my first software engineer job during the pandemic after graduating from Hackbright Academy. As a bootcamp new grad, I am lucky to get an internship opportunity to develop a gmail add-on product at [dialoggBox](https://www.dialoggbox.com/) to gain my first industry experience and learn how to work with stakeholders.
> My article will be composed of three parts:
> 
> What service do [dialoggBox](https://www.dialoggbox.com/) and this gmail add-on provide?
> What was my experience using Google Apps Script to build an add-on product?
> How did I develop each section of the gmail add-on?

The actual details of the add-on developed by the author, Nancy Dai, are promised in a follow-up post but this post serves as a useful insight into the main things to look out for when developing Gmail Add-ons.

**Bonus:** Following the link to the dialoggBox website I spotted they were using icons from [freepik.com**](https://freepik.com) which also took me their sister site [flaticon.com**](https://flaticon.com), which in turn took me to their [‘Icons for Slides and Docs’ add-on**](https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/icons_for_slides_docs/381578326502).

Source: *[Develop My First Gmail Add-on via Google Apps Script: My Software Engineer Internship at dialoggBox*](https://medium.com/@nancydyc/develop-my-first-gmail-add-on-via-google-apps-script-my-software-engineer-internship-at-dialoggbox-e05d93d3a345)

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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/2020/09/develop-my-first-gmail-add-on-via-google-apps-script-my-software-engineer-internship-at-dialoggbox/](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2020/09/develop-my-first-gmail-add-on-via-google-apps-script-my-software-engineer-internship-at-dialoggbox/)*