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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
Github https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-APIs-and-Gemini 4A: RAG + API Data · 4B: Sheet Vector Index · 4C: Chat History By now, you’ve already built a powerful foundation: In Lesson 4, we’re going to level this up in three big steps: By the end, you’ll have an assistant that: 📘 Lesson 4A — Combine RAG + API Data in a … Read more
Github https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-APIs-and-Gemini In Lessons 1 and 2, you learned how to: – Call public APIs using Apps Script – Read text from a Google Drive folder – Combine both sources into a Gemini prompt – Build a full UI web app Now it’s time to level up. In Lesson 3, we introduce: – Chunking (splitting documents … Read more
Anyone who works regularly in Google Docs knows the pain:You paste content from the web, a PDF, an email, or another document—and suddenly your bullets have weird spacing, broken formatting, or mystery blank lines that refuse to go away. You try deleting them manually.You try changing line spacing.You even try Apps Script code others recommend… … Read more
📘 Lesson 2 — Build an API + Drive + Gemini Web App (No Indexing, Just Context) Github https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-APIs-and-Gemini In Lesson 1, you learned how to: Now in Lesson 2, we’ll go one level up: You’ll build a chat-style web app where each question is answered using: No embeddings, no indexing — just direct context: … Read more
Github Repo https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-APIs-and-Gemini In this project, your Hybrid AI Orchestrator pulls in real data from the web using APIs and then lets AI (local model + Gemini) interpret that data. To do that, we need to understand one key tool: UrlFetchApp — the Apps Script class that lets you call APIs. In this lesson you’ll … Read more
(H1 → H2, H2 → H3, etc.) When working with long Google Docs—course outlines, documentation, manuscripts, or AI-generated content—you often need to shift all heading levels down by one. For example: Doing this manually in a long document is tedious. Fortunately, Google Apps Script makes it possible to automate this task in seconds. This post … Read more
Google Docs + Apps Script is a magic combo for automating writing workflows, templates, formatting, and reporting. https://github.com/lsvekis/100-Useful-Google-Docs-Apps-Script-Functions In this post, you’ll get 100 tiny utility functions you can drop into your own projects. Each one is: Tip: Create a single .gs file called docsHelpers.gs and paste all the functions there. Then call them from … Read more
Get the code on Github https://github.com/lsvekis/100-custom-Google-Sheets-functions Google Sheets is already one of the most versatile tools in the Google Workspace ecosystem, but when you combine it with Apps Script, it becomes a full-fledged programmable powerhouse. Today, I’m sharing something special:👉 100 custom Google Sheets functions written entirely in Apps Script — clean, flexible, fast, and … Read more
Github https://github.com/lsvekis/Build-a-Gmail-Smart-Reply-Assistant-Using-Apps-Script How to automate email drafting, summarization, and tone adjustments directly inside Gmail. Managing email is one of the biggest daily time drains for modern professionals. Whether you’re responding to customers, coordinating projects, supporting students, or managing internal communication—email takes time, focus, and energy. But what if Gmail could help you write replies automatically? … Read more
Get Github Files https://github.com/lsvekis/Drive-Folder-RAG-Chatbot (Step-By-Step Guide) Turn any folder of Google Docs into an AI-powered knowledge assistant AI assistants are becoming a core part of modern workflows—and thanks to Google Apps Script + Gemini, you can now build your own internal chatbot that answers questions using only the content stored inside a Google Drive folder. … Read more