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Rose Photo Manager – Bulk copy Google Photos to Google Drive

Rose Photo Manager - Bulk copy Google Photos to Google Drive

If you, like me, miss the automatic sync between Google Drive and Google Photos we lost in July 2019 (as Google thought we’d find it too complicated!) this is the GSheet for you. Rose Photo Manager copies the photos and videos from Google Photos and stores them onto your GDrive

This blog post describes how to set the supplied script to regularly copy your Google Photos from Google Drive (just like how it used to be done!). It builds on this post, but adds a load more features, one being keeping the photos in a GDrive folder with the same name as GPhoto albums that they belong to.

Source: Rose Photo Manager – Bulk Copy Google Photos to Google Drive

Google Sheets Sidebar with Materialize CSS & jQuery – Andrew Roberts

Materialize

Tutorial on creating a Google Spreadsheet Sidebar with Materialize CSS framework, jQuery JavaScript framework, and Google Apps Script.

Andrew Roberts has shared a tutorial and boilerplate for using the Materialize CSS framework in the Google Sheets sidebar. Materialize is based on Material Design and the framework is lightweight and easy to use. This framework will also work for other G Suite editor sidebars (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides). If you plan to use Materialize in your Editor Add-on Google ask that the design adheres to the UI style guide.

Source: GSheet Sidebar with Materialize CSS & jQuery – Andrew Roberts

Merging two 2D arrays/datasets/tables with Google Apps Script – Andrew Roberts

Ever needed to merge two similar datasets and automatically get rid of any duplicates?

This article describes how to do that using the SsObjects Google Apps Script library.

Source: Merging two 2D arrays/datasets/tables with Google Apps Script – Andrew Roberts

Google Apps Script Development – Best Practices – Andrew Roberts

This is an overview of the various techniques and best practices I have evolved in developing Google Apps Scripts over the years. Of course Google have got a few suggestions of their own, and there are plenty of more general …

This includes some good design pattern considerations for Apps Script projects as well as links to testing libraries, boilerplate frameworks, and extensions that help manage Apps Script work.

Source: Google Apps Script Development – Best Practices – Andrew Roberts