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Totally Unscripted: Enough of this sheet. A look at Coda with Eric Koleda, Developer Advocate @coda_hq

As part of our last episode of Totally Unscripted we spoke to former Google Workspace DevRel Eric Koleda about his new role supporting the Coda community.

Coda provides word-processing, spreadsheet, and database functions. It’s a canvas that blends spreadsheets, presentations, apps, and documents together. The software can integrate with third-party services like Slack and Gmail.

Eric gave a fantastic overview of the Coda platform highlighting opportunities for developers to integrate with services like Google Apps Script via the Coda REST API and the new Coda Packs, which are currently in beta.

The clip is an excerpt from the full show where we get to see these features in action and some additional resources referenced are linked below:

Creating dummy data for Gmail using Google Apps Script

Nice little helper script from Eric Koleda using a model you might want to use in other projects to testing/debugging.

Bulk Gmail Label Manager (made with Google Apps Script)

Use this spreadsheet to manage your Gmail labels in bulk! To get started, follow the steps below:

  1. Make a copy of this spreadsheet.
  2. Wait a few moments for the “Bulk Labels” menu to appear.
  3. Click “Bulk Labels > Pull labels”.
  4. When prompted, grant the script authorization to your account.

You can then use the spreadsheet to create, rename, and delete labels. You can also merge labels, which deletes a label but also moves all of it’s messages to another label.

When ready, click “Bulk Labels > Perform actions” to make the updates.

The classic Halloween dilemma: how to visit as many homes as possible solved by Eric Koleda with a little Apps Script