Using Google Apps Scripts for a simple backend

I’m not that much of a frontend guy, but I was encouraged by the technology pace used in browsers to play with it. My goal was simple - create a website that imitates a native app. I didn’t have any brilliant ideas at the time therefore my choice fell on a simple student app for my school featuring: Timetable (group filtered) (the original plan is in excel format) Lucky number - every student in a group has it’s number assigned based on alphabetical order of his name and every day a number is drawn resulting in some protection from lack of homework and small unannounced exams News scraped from school’s website rss Teachers quotes - students have made a facebook page which stores funny teacher statements I needed a backend for it, and it’s what this article is all about....

March 20, 2016 · 4 min