TU3.15: How to build Google Workspace Add-ons without using Apps Script
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Show Notes
Broadcast Date: 22 April 2021
Guests: Riël Notermans, owner of Zzapps (and Google Developer Expert) and Steven Bazyl (Developer Relations, Google Cloud)
Last month Google announced the general availability of Alternate Runtimes for Google Workspace Add-ons. With alternative runtimes, developers can write Add-ons in any language and on any infrastructure, and then publish them to the Google Workspace Marketplace. In this episode we are joined by Riël Notermans, owner of Zzapps (and Google Developer Expert) and Steven Bazyl (Developer Relations, Google Cloud). Riël, whose teams have been developing on Google Workspace for over a decade, shares his team’s key takeaways on Alternate Runtimes and Steven will provide additional tips on getting started including the GWAO Card Builder.
Resources:
Evolving Google Workspace Add-ons with Alternate Runtimes - Google Developers Blog
Alternate runtimes makes it easier to build Google Workspace Add-ons, now generally available - Google Workspace Updates
Show contents:
04:13 - Overview to alternate runtimes
06:02 - Release of Google Workspace Add-on API
08:02 - Migrating existing Add-ons to alternate runtime
10:34 - Benefits of moving to alternate runtimes
12:39 - Behind the scenes of an alternate runtime add-on
24:02 - Google Workspace Add-ons on the mobile editor apps
32:37 - Infrastructure considerations for alternate runtimes
44:42 - Google Workspace Card Builder Tool