Leverage your Apps Script skills in the Coda Packathon and compete for $20K in prizes

[Eric Koleda]

[Disclaimer: I work for Coda. I also worked at Google for years on Apps Script.]

In my opinion Apps Script is a somewhat undervalued skill. So much of the world runs on spreadsheets, and many of those sheets are glued together using Apps Script. Well the good news is that your Apps Script skills are the perfect fit for a virtual hackathon running now: the Coda Packathon.

Coda is a new kind of doc, built for teams, sort of like a cross between Sheets, Docs, and Sites. Instead of a scripting language Coda includes Packs, a simple plugin mechanism that lets you enhance the core features of the doc. We just launched the platform publicly last week, and to celebrate we're running a six-week virtual hackathon to see who can build the best Packs.

Writing a Pack is a lot like writing an Apps Script:

1. You can create a Pack from start to finish in your browser (use pack.new)

2. Packs are written using JavaScript (technically TypeScript, but you don't need to use types)

3. Packs can be used to add a custom formula, sync data into a table, update a record in an API.

You can learn more about the Packathon and register here: coda.devpost.com.

We'll also be hosting a webinar later today (2022-06-28) to teach folks about the basics of Coda and how to create a Pack. If you want to join us, sign up here.