More technically, this library can be used to send http requests via UrlFetchApp.fetch or UrlFetchApp.fetchAll, interacting with api endpoints in raw form. By bringing it down to a lowest layer on this platform, you get the following benefits:
All of the options, features, and abilities that are available. No compromises.
Ability to batch the requests in bulk. Performance can be significantly improved and run times lowered.
If you’re looking for a way to duck under the 6 minute limit to your scripts, the last bullet point should be particularly interesting.
AppsScripters need a quick and easy way to keep objects hanging around, and to persist them across executions. There are services available but using them effectively is a well-worn problem. Why not solve it once-and-for-all?
Adam Morris, GDE Expert and Workspace dev, brings another library to the table to help developers work more efficiently with data in memory. This library handles in-memory storage as well as writing to the Cache and Properties services for persistent storage in Apps Script projects.
I’m a public school teacher writing Apps Script projects to manage documentation and to make life easier in general. You can read more on my blog, blog.ohheybrian.com or follow me on Twitter, @bennettscience.
Proof of concept of how to get namespaces (sorta) in Google Apps Scripts libraries – classroomtechtools/NamespacedLib
For the seasoned Google Apps Script library author a continual frustration is the inability to get the online Script Editor to autocomplete if you have sub methods within your namespace. Adam Morris has discovered that the @name attribute can be used to fake this behavior … to a degree.
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 more modern JavaScript syntax used in V8. Adam shares lots of great advice to get started and build upon.
Why not make it a proper library? Because to make it a drop-in replacement, needs to have access to global scope, which a library doesn’t.
The V8 runtime changes how the Logger class works, which has shown much slower load times for simple Logging statements. This snippet writes all Logger.log calls to a spreadsheet when invoked, greatly speeding up development time.
Drop-in replacement for Logger.log, because outputting to a spreadsheet is way faster.
Sure could make additional improvements, but this is good enough for me for now.
I’m a public school teacher writing Apps Script projects to manage documentation and to make life easier in general. You can read more on my blog, blog.ohheybrian.com or follow me on Twitter, @bennettscience.
