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SIDMISH
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In layman terms: Relation between Google Apps Script and Google Cloud Platform

I am starting out with Google Apps Script, but as learning graph is growing exponentially few terms are getting hard to grasp.

Can anyone simply explain me about relationship between GAS and Googles Cloud Platform. How they are related? When there is a need of GCP when working with GAS? Whats difference between creating project on Developer Console and creating on Cloud console?

Please add comment if need any rectification in question, i'll be happy to do that.

Thank you.

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Answers (1)

Dan Cornilescu
Dan Cornilescu

Reputation: 39824

Google Apps Script is part of the G-Suite products, generally not related to the Google Cloud Platform products in ways other than being both Google products.

From the developer/customer prospectve occasionally there may be some marginal interactions between the products, but in a very limited manner - special situations. There might be more interactions on Google's infra side, but they're transparent for developers/customers.

So normally there is no need for GCP when working with GAS (or viceversa) unless it's for one of those very particular interaction situations, specifically documented.

For example

  • G Suite:

    • The first time a user in your domain creates a project, the Organization resource is automatically created and linked to your
      company’s G Suite account. The current project and all future
      projects will automatically belong to the organization.
  • a while ago mapping a Google App Engine application to a custom domain was only possible through G-Suite (known as Google Apps at the time).

It's not uncommon for various documentation/guides, including those G-Suite related (either Google's or from third parties) to reference GCP products, but usually that's because of the convenience of using them, not because they are actually needed.

So you really need to be aware of which family the product/documentation you're using is part of. The GCP products and documentation are a lot better of consistently identifying themselves a being part of GCP.

Finally the Developer Console is just the older, but still widely used name of the Cloud Console, they're the same thing - used for GCP. Unless you're referring to the Admin Console which is used for G-Suite.

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