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Build your first AppSheet app: how I built a food tracker

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Summary

Filipe Gracio, a Customer Engineer, describes how he created a food tracking app using AppSheet to better manage his freezer inventory, moving away from the cumbersome use of Google Sheets. He outlines the process of importing data from Google Sheets to create a database, which serves as the foundation for building the app. Gracio details his customization steps, such as adding a "Category" column and configuring the user interface to display items grouped by category and sorted alphabetically. The app allows him to easily add or update items on his smartphone, making it a more efficient solution for tracking food than his previous method. He emphasizes that this project only scratches the surface of AppSheet's capabilities and encourages others to try it for building prototypes at no cost. Gracio also acknowledges his colleague Florian Opitz for contributing valuable feedback during the development process.

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