Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
Vibe Teaching — Issue #1 The Day Teaching Changed Forever Something shifted. Not gradually.Not subtly.Not politely. Over the last two years, students quietly gained access to something no generation has ever had before: The classroom didn’t disappear. But the monopoly on information did. And that changes everything. The Real Shift Isn’t Technology — It’s Role … Read more
🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #8 JavaScript Architecture Patterns for Large Applications How to structure code that scales without collapsing under its own weight Small JavaScript projects forgive bad structure.Large ones punish it relentlessly. As applications grow, the biggest challenges are no longer syntax or APIs — they’re: This issue focuses on architecture patterns … Read more
Closures, Scope & Memory: What Really Happens Under the Hood Why closures are powerful, dangerous, and often misunderstood Closures are one of JavaScript’s greatest superpowers — and one of its most common sources of bugs, memory leaks, and confusion. Most developers use closures.Far fewer truly understand what they capture, how long they live, and why … Read more
Real-World Automation Patterns for Google Workspace https://github.com/lsvekis/Apps-Script-Code-Snippets/tree/main/google-apps-script-50-more-snippets-201-250 Google Apps Script becomes truly powerful when you move beyond basic examples and start building real automation systems. That’s exactly what this collection delivers. This set of 50 additional Google Apps Script snippets (201–250) focuses on practical, reusable building blocks you can plug directly into production workflows inside: … Read more
SECTION 1 — THE EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM SHIFT 1.1 From Information Scarcity to Information Abundance For most of human history, learning systems were designed to overcome scarcity. Students struggled to access: Teachers acted as gatekeepers of knowledge. The AI Revolution Artificial Intelligence has removed these barriers. Learners now have: The New Learning Problem Learning is no … Read more
🎯 Lecture Overview In this lesson, we explore one of the most important forward-looking questions in software engineering: Will artificial intelligence create its own programming language? This lecture examines: 🧠 Part 1 — How Programming Languages Evolved To understand the future, we must understand the past. Programming languages evolved in stages: Every step made programming … Read more
Education is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in history. For decades, teaching centered on delivering information. Today, in an AI-powered world where knowledge is abundant, the educator’s role is rapidly evolving—from content provider to learning experience designer. This shift isn’t just a technological change. It’s a fundamental redesign of how learning works. Let’s … Read more
Project: JavaScript Flashcard Study App (JSON + Progress + Save Progress) https://github.com/lsvekis/JavaScript-Projects A flashcard app that: 1) cards.json { “title”: “JavaScript Flashcards”, “cards”: [ { “id”: 1, “front”: “What is the DOM?”, “back”: “Document Object Model” }, { “id”: 2, “front”: “What does querySelector() return?”, “back”: “The first element that matches a CSS selector” }, … Read more
https://github.com/lsvekis/JavaScript-Projects How to Create a Quiz with JavaScript (HTML + CSS + JSON) This tutorial shows you how to build a simple quiz app using modern JavaScript. The quiz loads questions from a JSON file, lets users pick answers, tracks progress, and displays a final score. What you will build Loads questions from questions.json Displays … Read more