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Brown University’s IT Dept uses Apps Script to manage Vacation Calendar

May 26, 2011

Editor’s Note: Stephanie Obodda oversees Computer Training and Communications for Brown University's central IT department. She was on the project team that helped Brown "go Google" in 2010.Brown UniversityThe Solution

Aggregates events from the invited ‘out’ calendar, keeping only the relevant information: person, date, and type of event (from keywords like vacation, sick/doctor, or conference)

Creates a single daily event on another calendar with the day’s “who is out” list. We can overlay this calendar onto our own without having an overwhelming amount of individual “out” events.

Each morning around 9am, the daily Out list is automatically posted on a Google Site.

A single daily event on a shared calendar contains the list of who is out that day.

Code snippet - function which determines the type of event based on keywords in the event title. The keywords were chosen with the help of our HR Manager and several co-workers.Posted by Stephanie Obodda, Brown UniversityWant to weigh in on this topic? Discuss on Buzz

How to get from weekend idea to funded startup

May 25, 2011

This is cross-posted from the Google Code Blog because we think it will be of interest to Google Apps developersPaul BuchheitJoe KrausSeth PriebatschGoogle I/O session on YouTubeShould I have a co-founder?What are important characteristics of a co-founder?

Experience starting a company

Domain experience and an understanding of the market

Balance and different experience than your own

Passion about the company vision

FriendFeedWhat matters most; team, traction, idea, or market segment?How do you find investors?ExciteShould you raise money from VCs or Angels?Incubators, Angels, and VCs -SCVNGR.comHow do you arrive at a valuation for the company?Do I need a business plan?how to pitch your company to investorsAre patents, IP, and trademarks important?Posted by Don DodgeWant to weigh in on this topic? Discuss on Buzz

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Don Dodge is a Developer Advocate at Google helping developers build new applications on Google platforms and technologies. Prior to joining Google Don was a startup evangelist at Microsoft. He is also a veteran of five start-ups including Forte Software, AltaVista, Napster, Bowstreet, and Groove Networks.

Lots of Excitement about Google Apps at I/O 2011

May 24, 2011

Sessionsavailable in HD on YouTubeGoogle Apps Marketplace:

Launch and Grow your Business App on the Google Apps Marketplace provided an intro to the Apps Marketplace, but most of the session was third-party developers telling the story of their businesses, demoing their integrations and providing guidance for other developers looking for success on the Marketplace. Teaser: 30% free->paid conversion rates from GQueues on the Google Apps Marketplace.

Apps Marketplace: Best Practices and Integrations covered a wealth of best practices for business app development and Google Apps integrations based on experience working with hundreds of developers building applications for the Google Apps Marketplace.

Google Apps Script:

Enterprise Workflow with Apps Script showed how Google Apps Script can be used to build complex workflows using simple server-side JavaScript code. The speakers built on several examples for document publishing approval, showing lots of code for how it’s done.

Developing Apps, Add-Ins and More stepped through building Add-Ins with deep integration into the Google Apps UI and full applications. The team announced the Apps Script GUI Builder to drag and drop UI components and full Apps Script APIs for Gmail and Google Docs.

Application APIs:

Google Tasks API announced the brand-new API to interact with a user’s Google Tasks. Several third-party developers demonstrated how they integrated tasks with their project management and CRM apps.

Using the Google Docs APIs to Store All your Information in the Cloud gave a very brief overview of the Documents List API followed by a deep-dive into gcategorically, an App Engine + Python sample app for uploading documents to Google Docs. Best practices for developing integrations with Google Doc were also covered. This session is very useful for Apps Marketplace developers, especially because of the new ability to upload all file types to all types of Google accounts.

Solutions and Administration:

Developing Innovative Custom Business Solutions with Google Apps covered how web solution providers are driving us towards the goal of 100% web. Included many real-world examples from a variety of companies who are extending Google Apps using Apps Script, Google Sites, gadgets, Data APIs, App Engine, GWT and more.

Compliance and Security in the Cloud talked about the suite of APIs and tools available for Google Apps customers to handle policy compliance, audit, incident response and more. Very helpful session for IT administrators, CTOs and CIOs using Google Apps, with much of the session diving into several examples using real-world use cases.

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TRUSTe Data Privacy Certification Now Available for Marketplace Apps

May 17, 2011

TRUSTeTRUSTed Apps Data Privacy Certification for Marketplace Apps

certification FAQprogram FAQapplyPosted by Steven Bazyl, Google Apps Marketplace TeamWant to weigh in on this topic? Discuss on Buzz

Announcing Version 1.8 of the .NET library for Google Data APIs

May 16, 2011

version 1.8.NET Library for Google Data APIs

Google Apps Audit API

Google Content API for Shopping

Google Calendar Resource API

Email Settings APInew filter actionsemail delegationmore than 30 issueshttp://google-gdata.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/clients/cs/RELEASE_NOTES.HTML

Posted by Claudio Cherubino, Developer Relations Team

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Getting Organized with the Tasks API

May 11, 2011

Google Taskswhat they wanted to see improved with Google Tasksretrievingmodifying

Plain HTTP using JSON

Using Google API Client Library for Java

POST /tasks/v1/lists/<list-ID>/tasks
Content-Type: application/json
...
{ title: "Publish blog post" }

Task task = new Task();
task.setTitle(
    "Publish blog post");
client.tasks.insert(
    "list-ID", 
    task).execute();

Client librariesAPI ConsoleAPI Explorerdocumentation

Producteev is a task management platform that lets teams and individuals access their to-dos from a lot of different locations (web, mobile, email, calendars...). You will now have all your Producteev's tasks available in Google Tasks and vice versa!

Mavenlink's project collaboration suite allows you to communicate, share files, track time, invoice, and make or receive payments in one place. With its Google Tasks integration, your Mavenlink project tasks & Google Tasks always stay in sync.

Manymoon is the top installed social task and project management app in the Google Apps Marketplace and makes it simple to get work done online with co-workers, partners, and customers. Manymoon's users can now create and view tasks with Gmail and Google Calendar through Google Tasks.

Zoho offers a suite of online business, collaboration and productivity applications for small businesses. So far they have integrated Zoho CRM & Zoho Projects with the Tasks API.

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Posted by Fabian Schlup & Nicolas Garnier
Google Tasks API Team

Introducing Staff Picks on the Google Apps Marketplace

May 9, 2011

Celebrating 1 year of Integrated GoodnessTwitter#mpstaffpick

Our first staff pick

Our first staff pick is Mavenlink, a highly-rated app in the Marketplace. It is a custom-branded project management solution that allows teams to collaborate online, share files, track time, invoice, and make or receive payments, all inside one end-to-end App. Google Apps users can also easily share documents, access contacts, and track projects on their calendars.

If you happen to be at Google I/O next week, you can meet the Mavenlink team in our Developer Sandbox and ask them more about their app and integrations.
What can you do to become a staff pick?

Quality core application

Valuable and deep integrations with Google Apps, such as:

Streamlined setup and provisioning process
Auto-complete and other integrations with Google contacts
Managing Calendar events
Import, export and storage of data in Google Docs.
Provide actionable information in context using Gmail Contextual Gadgets

Great landing page on your web site explaining your Google Apps integrations to customers.

Great customer reviews, ratings, customer success stories, etc.

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