Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #26 JavaScript Mental Models That Make Everything Click Stop memorizing JavaScript behavior. Start understanding why it behaves that way. There’s a point in learning JavaScript where knowing more syntax stops helping. You know functions. You know objects. You know Promises. You know async/await. You know closures. But then JavaScript … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #37 Stop Coding. Start Deleting: Why Less Code Is Your New AI Advantage Simplicity • Dead Code • Dependencies • AI Coding • Maintainability • Technical Debt AI has completely changed the economics of writing code. Need a helper function? Generate it. Need another component? Generate it. Need an abstraction? … Read more
Vibe Learning — Issue #20 The AI Learning Flywheel https://vibelearning.ca/index.html How to Build a Learning System That Gets Better Every Time You Use It We started this journey by asking a simple question: What does learning look like when AI changes the rules? Across this series, we’ve explored curiosity. Critical thinking. Feedback. Deliberate practice. Second … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #29 https://github.com/lsvekis/Apps-Script-Code-Snippets AI Apps Script Debugging Assistant Debug Google Apps Script projects faster by combining Gemini AI with automated code analysis, error interpretation, and intelligent fix recommendations. Instead of spending hours searching Stack Overflow or reading logs, let AI analyze your Apps Script code, explain the root … Read more
Vibe Teaching — Issue #7 https://vibelearning.ca Beyond Prompts: Designing AI-Powered Learning Systems Most educators start using AI with prompts. “Explain this…”“Create a lesson…”“Generate questions…” And that’s a good start. But it’s only the beginning. Because the real power of AI in education isn’t just in individual prompts. It’s in systems. The Limitation of One-Off Prompts … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #36 The Art of Refactoring: Making Good Code Great with AI Refactoring • Clean Code • Technical Debt • AI Collaboration • Maintainability AI makes it incredibly easy to generate more code. But experienced developers know something important: More code isn’t always progress. Sometimes the most valuable thing you can … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #28 https://github.com/lsvekis/Apps-Script-Code-Snippets AI Apps Script Dashboard Builder Describe the dashboard you want in plain English, then use Google Apps Script + Gemini to generate the structure, KPIs, charts, filters, and starter automation logic. This issue takes the series from individual AI helpers into a more complete business … Read more
Vibe Learning — Issue #18 Thinking in Public Why Sharing Your Learning Accelerates Mastery Most people learn in private. They read books. Watch videos. Take notes. Complete courses. And then… They move on. No one ever sees what they learned. No one challenges their ideas. No one builds on them. No one benefits from their … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #35 AI Code Reviews: Turning Every Pull Request Into a Learning Opportunity Code Reviews • AI Collaboration • Quality • Mentorship • Continuous Improvement Writing code is only half the job. The other half? Making it better. Every pull request is an opportunity to improve: The best code reviews don’t … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #27 AI Apps Script Project Scaffolder Apps Script Gemini Project AI Apps Script Project Scaffolder https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-Gemini-Projects Build complete Google Apps Script project templates from a single prompt using Gemini. Describe your idea, and AI generates the project structure, starter code, UI files, triggers, menus, and deployment checklist. … Read more