Google Cloud Next '18 is only a few days away,
and this year, there are over 500 sessions covering all aspects of cloud computing, from G
Suite to the Google Cloud Platform. This is your chance to learn first-hand how to build
custom solutions in G Suite alongside other developers from Independent Software Vendors
(ISVs), systems integrators (SIs), and industry enterprises.
G Suite's intelligent productivity apps are secure, smart, and simple to use, so why not
integrate your apps with them? If you're planning to attend the event and are wondering which
sessions you should check out, here are some sessions to consider:
"Power your apps with Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Slides
and more" on Monday, July 23rd and Friday, July 27th. Join me for one of our
half-day bootcamps! Both are identical and bookend the conference—one on Monday and
another on Friday,
meaning you can do either one and still make it to all the other conference sessions. While
named the same as the technical overview above, the bootcamps dive a bit deeper and feature
more detailed tech talks on Google Apps Script, the G Suite REST APIs, and App Maker. The
three (or more!) hands-on codelabs will leave you with working code that you can start
customizing for your own apps on the job! Register today to ensure
you get a seat.
"Automating G Suite:
Apps Script & Sheets Macro Recorder" and "Enhancing the Google
Apps Script Developer Experience" both on Tuesday, July 24th. Interested in Google
Apps Script, our customized serverless JavaScript runtime used to automate, integrate, and
extend G Suite? The first session introduces developers and ITDMs to new features as well as
real business use cases while the other dives into recent features that make Apps Script more
friendly for the professional developer.
"G
Suite + GCP: Building Serverless Applications with All of Google Cloud" on
Wednesday, July 25th. This session is your chance to attend one of the few hybrid talks that
look at how to you can build applications on both the GCP and G Suite
platforms. Learn about serverless—a topic that's become more and more popular over the past
year—and see examples on both platforms with a pair of demos that showcase how you can take
advantage of GCP tools from a G Suite serverless app, and how you can process G Suite data
driven by GCP serverless functions. I'm also leading this session and eager to show how you
can leverage the strengths of each platform together in the same applications.
"Build apps your
business needs, with App Maker" and "How to Build
Enterprise Workflows with App Maker" on Tuesday, July 24th and Thursday, July 26th,
respectively. Google App Maker is a new low-code, development environment that makes it easy
to build custom apps for work. It's great for business analysts, technical managers, or data
scientists who may not have software engineering resources. With a drag & drop UI,
built-in templates, and point-and-click data modeling, App Maker lets you go from idea to app
in minutes! Learn all about it with our pair of App Maker talks featuring our Developer
Advocate, Chris Schalk.
"The
Google Docs, Sheets & Slides Ecosystem: Stronger than ever, and growing" and
"Building on
the Docs Editors: APIs and Apps Script" on Wednesday, July 25th and Thursday, July
26th, respectively. Check out these pair of talks to learn more about how to write apps that
integrate with the Google Docs editors (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms). The first describes the
G Suite productivity tools' growing interoperability in the enterprise with while the second
focuses on the different integration options available to developers, either using Google Apps
Script or the REST APIs.
"Get
Productive with Gmail Add-ons" on Tuesday, July 24th. We launched
Gmail Add-ons less than a year ago to help developers integrate their apps alongside
Gmail. Check out this video I made to help you
get up-to-speed on Gmail Add-ons! This session is for developers either new to Gmail Add-ons
or want to hear the latest from the Gmail Add-ons and API team.
I look forward to meeting you in person at Next
'18. In the meantime, check out the entire session schedule to find
out everything it has to offer. Don't forget to swing by our "Meet the Experts" office hours
(Tue-Thu), G Suite "Collaboration & Productivity" showcase demos (Tue-Thu), the G Suite
Birds-of-a-Feather meetup (Wed), and the Google Apps Script & G Suite Add-ons meetup (just
after the BoF on Wed). I'm excited at how we can use "all the tech" to change the world.
See you soon!
