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.

API Keys Secrets and Secure Configuration in Google Apps Script

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📘 Lesson 4 — API Keys, Secrets & Secure Configuration in Google Apps Script Blog Post #4 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series If you’ve ever seen code like this: …you’ve already seen a problem. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to properly store and manage secrets (API keys, tokens, configuration values) … Read more

Vibe Coding at Scale AI for Teams Code Reviews and Long Lived Frontend Systems

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🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #4 Vibe Coding at Scale: AI for Teams, Code Reviews & Long-Lived Frontend Systems JavaScript • HTML • CSS • Code Reviews • Team Workflows • System Consistency If Issue #3 was about shipping safely,Issue #4 is about not losing control as your codebase grows. At scale, the danger of … Read more

Google Docs Cleanup Toolkit

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https://github.com/lsvekis/Doc-Cleanup-Toolkit User & Developer Guide This guide explains what the Google Docs Cleanup Toolkit does, how to use it safely, and how each part of the system fits together. 1. What This Toolkit Is The Google Docs Cleanup Toolkit is a Google Apps Script project that helps you: It is designed to be: 2. Who … Read more

How JavaScript Engines Optimize Your Code

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🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #6 How JavaScript Engines Optimize Your Code A practical V8 (and JS engine) deep dive every serious JS dev should understand Most JavaScript developers write code assuming the engine will “just handle it.” And often, it does. But once performance matters — large apps, data-heavy UIs, animations, AI workloads, … Read more

Clean Up a Google Doc with Apps Script

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Clean Up a Google Doc with Apps Script: Bullets → Dashes, Headings Down a Level, and No More Blank-Line Spam If you’ve ever copied content into Google Docs from a website, PDF, or another editor, you’ve probably seen the usual mess: This post walks through three simple Google Apps Script functions that clean up an … Read more

Learning at a Higher Level From Information to Thinking

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🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #11 (ADVANCED) Learning at a Higher Level: From Information to Thinking Why advanced learners focus on judgment, not just knowledge. 👋 Welcome to Advanced Vibe Learning Up to now, Vibe Learning has helped you: Now we move into advanced territory. This phase is not about learning more content.It’s about learning … Read more

Vibe Learning: A Complete Guide to Learning Anything with AI

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Key Ideas, Frameworks, and Systems from the First 10 Issues Learning has fundamentally changed. We now live in a world where artificial intelligence can explain, quiz, challenge, coach, critique, and adapt to us in real time. Yet most people still use AI the same way they use a search engine—asking shallow questions and getting shallow … Read more

AI Assisted Performance Refactoring and Production Guardrails

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🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #3 AI-Assisted Performance, Refactoring & Production Guardrails JavaScript • HTML • CSS • Performance • Maintainability • Shipping With Confidence If Issue #1 was mindsetand Issue #2 was rapid execution, Issue #3 is about control. This is where advanced frontend developers separate fast demos from production-ready systems. AI can help … Read more

How to Become a Self-Sustaining Learner With AI

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🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #10 How to Become a Self-Sustaining Learner With AI Design a lifelong system for growth, curiosity, and mastery. 👋 Welcome to the Final Issue of Season 1 If you’ve followed Vibe Learning from the beginning, you now have something powerful: This final issue answers one last, critical question: How do … Read more

Advanced Async and Concurrency Patterns in JavaScript

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🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #5 Beyond Promises: Advanced Async & Concurrency Patterns in JavaScript How modern JS handles real-world async workloads at scale Promises and async/await made JavaScript easier to read — but they didn’t magically solve concurrency, coordination, cancellation, or backpressure. As apps grow more complex (AI calls, streaming APIs, real-time UIs, … Read more