In my JavaScript class at Clark College, students learn not just how to build for the web but also how to apply their skills to related technologies like Google Apps Script.
Today, we reworked a web app we built earlier this quarter into a Google Sheets-based tool. The logic is the same, but the platform is different. Students got real experience adapting their code to automate and enhance spreadsheets using Apps Script.
Two years ago, I became familiar with Apps Script when I created an app for teachers teaching CS50 at Harvard University courses that makes it easy to collect, submit50, and style50 scores into a Google Sheet.
It was one of those great teaching days, where students are engaged, asking the right questions, and making the leap from knowing how to code to understanding where and how to use it.
Bruce Elgort 