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It's also worth noting that you can build custom tools in Office using web technologies (HTML/CSS/JS).
Also, there are also a number of options other than Excel formulas and VBA for manipulating Excel data, including DAX and M.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_analysis_expressions
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt270258.aspx
M's syntax is kind of similar to F#/Ocaml. The only downside is the editor (very basic).
All of the above are built into Excel. If I was starting out building an Excel add on, I'd use the web technologies option.
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It's also worth noting that you can build custom tools in Office using web technologies (HTML/CSS/JS).
Also, there are also a number of options other than Excel formulas and VBA for manipulating Excel data, including DAX and M.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_analysis_expressions
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt270258.aspx
M's syntax is kind of similar to F#/Ocaml. The only downside is the editor (very basic).
All of the above are built into Excel. If I was starting out building an Excel add on, I'd use the web technologies option.