Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet: A citizen developer's guide to building rapid low-code apps with the powerful features of AppSheet

Koichi Tsuji

Takuya Miyai

Suvrutt Gurjar

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4.8 (8 Ratings)

Paperback Jan 2023 396 pages 1st Edition

Koichi Tsuji

Takuya Miyai

Suvrutt Gurjar

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Learn how the AppSheet Editor works to configure, test, and deploy a business app without writing lines of code
Get hands-on experience with AppSheet by building a real-world application throughout the book
Explore useful tips and tricks to develop custom functionalities in the app to meet unique business needs

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Many citizen developers regularly use spreadsheets in their business and day-to-day jobs. With AppSheet, you can take your spreadsheets to the next level by enhancing their ease of use. The platform allows you to run your business efficiently and manage it in the field outside of an office or indoor environment. This book enables you to create your own simple or medium to complex hybrid apps for business or personal use. As a beginner to AppSheet, this book will show you how the AppSheet Editor works and how it is used to configure, test, and deploy an app and share it with others as users or co-authors. You’ll learn about widely used features such as how to use data sources, create app views and actions, construct expressions with AppSheet functions, and make your app secure through security and UX options. Next, you’ll create email/attachment templates and develop reports/documents based on templates, store in the cloud, and send files through emails. You’ll also understand how to integrate third-party services and monitor various usage statistics of your app. As you progress, you’ll explore various features with the help of sample apps that you create using the book. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to make the most of AppSheet to build powerful and efficient applications.

Who is this book for?

This book is for beginner and intermediate-level citizen application developers in small or medium size businesses and business users who want to develop their own apps. Basic knowledge of Google Sheets or Excel and an understanding of different spreadsheet formulas are required. Knowledge of SQL and basic software development will be beneficial but not necessary.

What you will learn

Discover how the AppSheet app is presented for app users
Explore the different views you can use and how to format your data with colors and icons
Understand AppSheet functions such as yes/no, text, math, list, date and time and build expressions with those functions
Explore different actions such as data change, app navigation, external communication, and CSV import/export
Add/delete and define editing permissions and learn to broadcast notifications and inform users of changes
Build a bot through the AppSheet Automation feature to automate various business workflows

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I purchased this after I took the Coursera course. I referred to it frequently when building my first apps.

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roadrutz Apr 09, 2023

This book is very thorough and well written. It is quite straightforward to read except for the occasions when I had to read and re-read something several times for it to make sense, particularly for some of the less intuitive expressions like LOOKUP and SELECT, both of which look fairly simple at first glance but can easily result in 'type mismatch' errors. It follows a logical path in introducing new concepts, but curiously fails to discuss essential things like looping, which is something AppSheet can't do but for which I know there are workarounds. An app that contains repeating actions is hardly a rarity. The Index at the back is frustrating: it lacks direct pointers to many topics that can only be found hidden inside other topics. And where, for instance, was the explanation of the difference between [_THISROW].[Column] and [_THISROW][Column]? I know it's in there somewhere but I don't recall which part of the book it was in. In places the tone of writing becomes somewhat schoolmasterly: "Let us now consider..." and in other places the authors just cop out and suggest you read the AppSheet documentation! Overall, however, the book helped me to understand the complexities of AppSheet -- and there are many -- although it is probably best read in conjunction with several of the many YouTube AppSheet videos, most of which, sadly, are of dubious quality. Perhaps if I were younger and smarter I would give it four stars rather than three, but I'm neither, so three it is. [EDIT] OK, after using it for a month I bumped it to four stars. Turns out the book is very good for refreshing knowledge and for filling in the blanks when you only have a surface knowledge of something, more so than for originally learning stuff. But a useful part of the overall learning process. The index still sucks, particularly as there are ten pages after it, some blank, so you can't just open the book to the index.

Saifali Suleman Jan 31, 2023

I am reading the book and even though I don’t have the bandwidth to create an app myself right now, I am liking the tips provided by the authors. It’s an amazing read with lots of focus on doing things step by step in the right manner. You can read the book to learn more about AppSheet or keep the book at your desk when you create your next application. The book helps you learn everything that’s necessary to build an application with AppSheet and the detailed coverage of all concepts is the best part of the book. It’s definitely a great read for all no code developers.

Gulraj Jan 31, 2023

This book is for everyone who has tried to create an application on a no code platform. It may be a bit overwhelming for you if you come from a non-technical background, however the authors have explained all elements in a pretty extensive manner with all necessary steps. This book can be helpful for techies as well if you want to create an application in a quicker time period.

Mahendra Lokhande Jan 31, 2023

The book ‘Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet’ is a resourceful text to know more about creating apps using AppSheet. AppSheet is a no code platform that was acquired by Google recently and the authors have done a commendable job by writing a book that takes you through the process of creating an app with the platform. You can read the book and create your own application without any coding. The book covers important elements, right from data preparation to the app’s UX development in detail. There is an extensive information on data management as well within the appI would totally suggest this book to anyone who is looking for a no code platform to create apps for business.

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