Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #27 JavaScript Memory Leaks: The Bugs That Get Worse the Longer Your App Runs How to find the objects JavaScript should have forgotten — but didn’t Your JavaScript application works perfectly when it starts. Ten minutes later, it’s a little slower. An hour later: You refresh. Everything is fast … Read more
Vibe Learning — Issue #21 Build Your Own AI Tutor Stop Asking AI for Answers. Start Designing How It Teaches You. Most people already have access to an AI tutor. They just aren’t using it like one. They open AI and type: “Explain this to me.” AI explains it. They read the answer. It makes … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #30 AI Prompt Engineering Studio for Google Workspace https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-Gemini-Projects We’ve spent the last several issues using Gemini to generate code, review projects, create documentation, build dashboards, and debug Apps Script. But all of those projects depend on one thing: The quality of the prompt. For Issue #30, … Read more
🟦 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