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.

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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