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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
Laurence Svekis 
1. What is Google Apps Script primarily used for? A. Building Android appsB. Automating and extending Google Workspace appsC. Managing Google Cloud infrastructureD. Designing static HTML websites Correct answer: BExplanation: Google Apps Script is a JavaScript-based platform used to automate, integrate, and extend Google Workspace apps like Sheets, Docs, Gmail, Forms, and Drive. It’s not … Read more
🚀 Learn to Code — The Secret Skill Most Beginner Developers Skip: Thinking Like a Debugger Every developer writes code.Great developers debug code well. Today’s issue focuses on a skill that dramatically improves your coding speed, confidence, and results — debugging as a mindset, not just a reaction when things break. Debugging isn’t punishment.It’s a … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #3 AI Data Analyst for Google Sheets Ask AI questions about your data. Get summaries, trends, anomalies, and insights — automatically analyzed inside Sheets. ⭐ What You Will Build in Issue #3 A full AI Data Analyst sidebar for Google Sheets that can: 🔍 Analyze selected ranges📊 … Read more
🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #3 Modern JavaScript Performance Patterns (2025 Edition) How to Write Faster, Smoother, More Efficient JS in a Modern Front-End World JavaScript performance isn’t just about shaving a few milliseconds.It affects: And with modern apps becoming more interactive — and LLM-driven apps doing async work at scale — understanding performance … Read more
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #6 Mastery Assessments & Self-Testing With AI How to Know What You Actually Know. 👋 Welcome to Issue #6! By now, you’ve built a strong foundation: Today we answer one of the most important learning questions: “How do I know if I actually understand what I’m learning?” Most learners believe … Read more
Welcome to the 7-Day Vibe Learning Crash Course — a rapid, structured journey that shows you how to use AI to: Each day introduces one essential skill in AI-powered learning.By the end of the week, learners will have everything they need to become AI-enhanced, self-sufficient lifelong learners. 📅 DAY 1 — Build Your AI Learning … Read more
Issue #2 https://github.com/lsvekis/apps-Script-Gemini-Repo AI Content Generator for Google Docs Write blog posts, lesson plans, summaries, outlines & formatted documents using Gemini — all from a custom Apps Script menu. ⭐ What You Will Build in Issue #2 A full AI Content Generator inside Google Docs with menu items like: AI Tools → Generate Blog Post … Read more
Mastering the Event Loop: Microtasks, Macrotasks & Hidden Async Behaviors If there’s one concept that separates intermediate JavaScript developers from true experts, it’s this: Understanding the event loop — not just at a surface level, but deeply. Every framework, every asynchronous operation, every browser interaction ultimately depends on the event loop.But many developers still can’t … Read more
https://github.com/lsvekis/Chunk-your-data-Google-Apps-Script How to Chunk Data in Google Apps Script (So You Don’t Hit “Exceeded Maximum Execution Time”) If you work with large spreadsheets or big Drive folders in Google Apps Script, you’ve probably seen this error: Exception: Exceeded maximum execution time Most Apps Script executions have a hard time limit (often around 6 minutes per … Read more
🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive – Issue #1 The Strange Parts of JavaScript: Why the Language Behaves Like That Welcome to the first issue of the JavaScript Deep Dive newsletter — a series for developers who want to go beyond tutorials and explore the deeper mechanics that make JavaScript powerful, weird, and endlessly fascinating. Today we’re … Read more