What can be achieved using Google App Maker ?

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Credits: Don Santmajor

In this blog post, I would like to share my understanding of Google App Maker

Use case: Helps people help themselves that want to replace bandage tools like excel and inbuild less secure apps with enterprise-grade applications(kinda). And also suited to those companies or start-ups that either don’t have large engineering/software development teams/skills and those that don’t want to spin up shadow IT, but still want to be able to build enterprise-grade applications with a focus on business workflows…
Must have skills :

The scripting language used by App Maker is JavaScript, which is used in both the Browser (Client) or Server. The Server’s runtime environment is Apps Script which provides access to a vast library of G Suite services for common operations with Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Calendar and other services.
App Maker streamlines the process of writing code by providing an intuitive Code Editor

Requirements:

Gsuite Access: Google App maker is part of Gsuite and hence a Gsuite account is required.
GCP account access: If the app needs DB to store data can integrate with Cloud SQL out of the box.

What can you do with it at a high level ?:

Reporting and dashboards can be quickly built
Helps build workflow apps and solve business issues with connectivity to Google CLoudSQL
You don’t need deep down knowledge of app development to make use of it but basic javascript knowledge and software architecture is a must.
Built-in security at a granular level from Gsuite and GCP.
Integrates easily with Google products like calendar, maps, and others.
Many templates available https://developers.google.com/appmaker/samples/

User stories:

example 1: How ATB Financials in Canada made use of it

PS: If you are short on time, check the video link below from 11min to 15:54 on how it solves a business case