The usual way to access files and folders on Drive from Apps Script is via their ID, yet on other platforms we’re more used to using file and folder paths. This can be a bit […]
One of the challenges with Apps Script V8 compared to Rhino is that you can’t be sure of the order of global variable initialization. Personally, this is not an issue for me, as I avoid […]
This article looks at how to extend classes and apply that easily handling data structures presented as an array of bytes as you’d have to do when dealing with binary data from a file. […]
There are some new problems to do with the accessibility of functions in the global space which depend on a number of factors such as the order of declaration, and whether they are in a […]
Apps Script V8 implements ArrayBuffers and Typed arrays from ES6. If you’ve used Apps Script Crypto Utilities or done any work with Blobs, then this is what’s going on behind the scenes, now exposed as […]
Apps Script V8 implements a couple of useful new ES6 structures – Maps and Sets. Here’s what they are and how to use them Maps and Sets: What are they? These are a collection of […]
Multiple Script Files: The problem Apps Script V8 doesn’t have a module loader system. If you’re used to developing in NodeJs, you’ll also be familiar with importing and exporting to include required modules in your […]
V8 adds template literals from JavaScript ES6. Template literals: What are they? It’s a shorthand way of using a template into which variables are substituted in a string. This allows for better reuse of string […]
Apps Script V8 adds destructuring from JavaScript ES6. Legacy Apps Script already had destructuring of arrays added fairly recently, but v8 gives full a destructuring capability. Destructuring: What is it? It’s a way of plucking […]
Function declarations versus arrow functions JavaScript V8 adds the arrow function declarator from modern JavaScript. This is a handy shorthand but it’s more than just that. There are some behavioral differences too that you’ll need […]
var, const and let One of the key things that V8 has sorted out is the scope of variables. Using var to declare variables meant that anything declared within the scope of a function could […]
Apps script now supports JavaScript ES6 Apps Script V8 now supports the same modern JavaScript you can use when writing for the browser. Up until now, you had to write in a dialect of JavaScript-based […]
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