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Google Apps Script, what is it?


Google Apps Script is a cloud based scripting language that provides easy ways to automate tasks across Google products such as Google Apps, Calendar, Gmail, Sites, Contacts, Spreadsheets etc as well as other third party services.


 A script is a series of instructions you write in a programming language or scripting language to accomplish a particular task. You type in the instructions and save them. The script runs only under circumstances you define.

Google Apps Script is based on JavaScript. In addition to providing much of what's built into JavaScript, Google Apps Script also provides a set of classes that make up the Google Apps Script API. 

You can use these classes and their associated methods to access Google products, make requests to third-party services and APIs, and access helpful utilities. You can learn more about these topics in the sections on Using Built-in Services and Using External APIs.

I have will soon written a new post that will take you through the simple steps of writing a script that will create a new Google Document and email the link to the created document.
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