Laurence Svekis

Laurence Svekis is a web technology enthusiast, educator, and author who has been working in the field for over 20 years. He has expertise in web development technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, PHP, and MySQL. Svekis is a prolific course instructor on Udemy, with over 500,000 students enrolled in his courses. He has authored over 100 online courses, covering a wide range of web technologies and tools, such as Google Apps Script, WordPress, React, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. His courses are known for their practical and hands-on approach, with a focus on real-world projects and examples. In addition to teaching, Svekis is also a published author, with several books to his name Svekis is passionate about empowering people with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the rapidly evolving field of web technology. He is committed to providing high-quality educational resources that are accessible to anyone, regardless of their background or experience level.

Writing JavaScript That’s Easy to Delete Issue #25

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🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #25 Writing JavaScript That’s Easy to Delete The ultimate test of good code isn’t how it works — it’s how easily it can be removed Most developers focus on writing code that works. Better developers focus on writing code that is clean. But senior engineers optimize for something else … Read more

Vibe Coding Issue 25 Reducing Complexity in a World of Overengineering

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🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #25 Less, But Better: Reducing Complexity in a World of Overengineering Simplicity • Maintainability • Clarity • Avoiding Overengineering • Intentional Design Modern development doesn’t suffer from lack of tools. It suffers from too many options. And that leads to one of the most common problems: ❌ unnecessary complexity 🧠 … Read more

Vibe Teaching 7 Beyond Prompts: Designing AI-Powered Learning Systems

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Vibe Teaching — Issue #7 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 Using … Read more

AI Google Docs Content Refiner Apps Script 18

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🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #18 https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-Gemini-Projects AI Google Docs Content Refiner Rewrite, summarize, improve, and transform documents automatically using Google Apps Script + Gemini. ⭐ What You Will Build In this issue, you’ll build an AI Content Refiner for Google Docs that can: ✍️ Rewrite content in different tones📄 Summarize long … Read more

Technical Debt in JavaScript Deep Dive 24

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🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #24 Technical Debt in JavaScript: How It Builds — and How to Control It Why debt isn’t the problem… unmanaged debt is Every JavaScript codebase has technical debt. Even well-designed systems accumulate it over time. The problem isn’t debt itself —the problem is when it becomes invisible, uncontrolled, and … Read more

New Project: AI Spreadsheet Cleaner + Fixer Issue #17

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🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #17 AI Spreadsheet Cleaner + Fixer Automatically clean, standardize, and fix messy spreadsheet data using Google Apps Script + Gemini. ⭐ What You Will Build In this issue, you’ll build an AI Data Cleaner that can: 🧹 Fix inconsistent formatting🔤 Standardize capitalization📅 Normalize dates📊 Clean categories and … Read more