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Totally Unscripted: Get AMPed about Email – Thur 21 Jan at 1200 PST / 1500 EST / 2000 UTC

Totally Unscripted is back again on Thur 21 Jan at 1200 PST / 1500 EST / 2000 GMT. This time we will be joined by Jon Harmer (Product Manager, Google Workspace) and Steve Bazyl (Developer Relations, Google Cloud) who will give an overview of  how you can start using AMP with your Google Workspace Gmail users and beyond. 

Unfamiliar with AMP for email? This “allows senders to include AMP components inside rich engaging emails, making modern app functionality available within email. This dynamic email format provides a subset of AMPHTML components for use in email messages, that allows recipients of AMP emails to interact dynamically with content directly in the message” [ref

Tune in live to contribute to the YouTube live chat (recording immediately available)

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Trend of google-apps-script Tag on Stackoverflow 2021

Year vs. number of Questioners and Answerers. These all questions include the tag of "google-apps-script" in the tags

Year vs. number of Questioners and Answerers. These all questions include the tag of “google-apps-script” in the tags

Trend of google-apps-script Tag on Stackoverflow 2021

Kanshi Tanaike returns with an updated look at trends in the [google-apps-script] tag on Stackoverflow.  A highlight from the report is the continued growth in new questioners, indicating that the Google Apps Script community is continuing to grow.

Source: Trend of google-apps-script Tag on Stackoverflow 2021

Workspace Devs Directory – a new community initiative to help Google Workspace and Apps Script developers connect

Directory | Workspace Devs

A directory of Google Workspace and Apps Script Developers.

This space is to help bridge that gap within the Google Workspace (previously, G Suite) Developers community and mostly geared towards users who work within the Apps Script ecosystem.

Sourabh Choraria has created a new initiative to help Google Workspace and Apps Script developers connect. Anyone can submit their profile to be included in the directory.

Source: Directory | Workspace Devs

Google to offer free training courses in AI, Kubernetes and multi-cloud | IT PRO

Image: © Google Cloud

The cloud giant is offering 30 days of free training and routes to certification.

Budding learners can access all of these through a set of ‘skills challenges’ which give participants greater knowledge of each subject and a chance to earn a Google skill badge to prove their competency.

Participants will have 30 days of free access to Google Cloud Labs to work their way through four skill challenges: ‘Getting Started’, ‘Data Analytics’, Hybrid and Multi-cloud’ and finally ‘Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence’.

The Data Analytics course is for more experienced participants to expand their skills into AI and machine learning with a chance to demonstrate an understanding of BigQuery. They can learn how to do everything from writing and troubleshooting SQL queries and using Apps Script, to building classification and forecasting models.

IT PRO has picked up on some free training from Google, which includes an opportunity to use your Google Apps Script knowledge in the Data Analytics course. To start the challenges you need to register by January 31, 2021, 11:59 PT.

Source: Google to offer free training courses in AI, Kubernetes and multi-cloud | IT PRO

Totally Unscripted: A 2020 Google Apps Script recap for Google Workspace solution builders – Thur 14 Jan at 1200 PST / 1500 EST / 2000 UTC

Totally Unscripted returns and we kick off the year looking at some of the highlights and developments you may have missed in 2020 for Google Workspace solution builders. Our panel includes Olaf Hubel, Google Workspace Developer Relations Manager, and other noted experts from the community. As well as looking at Workspace highlights from 2020 we’ll  look at what might be in store for 2021. Tune in live to contribute to the live chat.

Totally Unscripted: Becoming a Google Workspace Solutions Gallery contributor – Thur 17 Dec at 1200 PST / 1500 EST / 2000 UTC

In this session we will have a look at the Google Workspace Solutions Gallery. “The Google Workspace Solutions Gallery is a collection of sample solutions that demonstrates how you can solve common business challenges with Google Workspace Developer technologies. These samples showcase different ways to integrate and customize the productivity tools you’re already using.” – https://developers.google.com/gsuite/solutions

As part of the Gallery anyone can suggest new solutions and we speak Jasper Duizendstra who has contributed the Record time and activities in Calendar and Sheets solution. We speak to Jasper about his experience summitting and getting a solution published.

Meet the Google Workspace Developer Experts – making connections with the community 

Meet the Google Workspace Developer Experts, a global network of experienced technology experts, thought leaders, and influencers who actively support developer communities around the world.

If you are starting out on a new product, environment or beginning to learn to code finding people to connect with within an existing community can often be a challenge. Thanks to the efforts of Charles Maxson hopefully those connections are made a bit easier.

Source: Meet the Google Workspace Developer Experts

Totally Unscripted: New workflow solutions with Tables and Google Apps Script – Thur 10 Dec at 1200 PST / 1500 EST / 2000 UTC

In this episode we’ll be joined by Carlin Yuen Co-founder & Product Lead, Tables (Google, Area 120) and Ben Collins Educator at benlcollins.com and Google Developer Expert. The Tables beta is the latest product to emerge from Google’s Area 120. Currently Tables is only available to US customers so this show is an opportunity to have an expert tour from the co-founder/product lead Carlin Yuen. We’ll also be joined by Ben Collins who has been using Tables and he’ll be sharing some insight into how Tables can be used with Google Apps Script.

Join Adam Morris (@clssrmtechtools) in the  Advent of Code with Google Apps Script challenge

When and where I can, I’ll be trying to complete the advent of code challenges in appscripts. You can follow along here … I find these sorts of exercises really valuable. It makes you think about the language you’re using very carefully. – Adam Morris

In the Google Apps Script Community Google Group Adam Morris is participating where he can in the Advent of Code

Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. People use them as a speed contest, interview prep, company training, university coursework, practice problems, or to challenge each other.

If you would like to play along with Adam follow the link to the Google Apps Script Community Google Group thread.

Source: Advent of Code w/ AppsScripts – Google Apps Script Community Google Group

Totally Unscripted: “The State of Script” address from Google – Fri 04 Dec at 1200 PST / 1500 EST / 2000 UTC

In this episode of Totally Unscripted we are joined by Keith Einstein Product Manager for Apps Script and Charles Maxson (TU host and Developer Advocate at Google). As part of this show Keith will review the current state of Apps Script and also exclusively reveal some forthcoming soon to be released features.

The show is also an opportunity to get your Apps Script related questions in which can be emailed to [email protected] or asked live via YouTube chat.