Google App Maker
Google App Maker was a low-code application development tool, developed by Google Inc. as part of the G Suite family. It allowed developers or its users to build and deploy custom business apps on the web.[1]
Developer(s) | Google, Inc |
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Initial release | November 30, 2016 |
Type | App development |
Website | appmaker |
Launched in 2016,[2] it was accessible to its users with any G Suite Business and Enterprise subscription and G Suite for Education edition.[3]
Google App Maker allowed users to drag and drop widgets into a visual editor with built-in templates. The apps could be customized using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery and Google's own material design visual framework.[4][5][6]
PC Magazine rated Google App Maker 3.5/5.[7]
Following Google's acquisition of AppSheet, the App Maker editor and user apps was shut down on January 19, 2021. New app creation was disabled on April 15, 2020.[8][9]
References
- Chang, Lulu (June 15, 2018). "Developers can now take Google App Maker out for a test drive". Digital Trends.
- Kapko, Matt (December 1, 2016). "Google App Maker aims to ease enterprise development". CIO magazine.
- Lardinois, Lardinois (June 14, 2018). "App Maker, Google's low-code tool for building business apps, comes out of beta". TechCrunch.
- "Google App Maker now open to public, to make app development easier". Digit. June 18, 2018.
- Novet, Jordan (November 30, 2016). "Google launches App Maker to help people easily build custom enterprise software". VentureBeat.
- Claburn, Thomas (June 15, 2018). "G Suitened with helping of Google's App Maker". The Register.
- "Google App Maker's Review". PC Magazine.
- "Google App Maker will be shut down on January 19, 2021". G Suite Updates. January 27, 2020. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020.
- Li, Abner (January 27, 2020). "Google shutting down App Maker for enterprise in 2021". 9To5Google. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020.