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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #6 https://github.com/lsvekis/AI-Slide-Creator-for-Google-Slides AI Slide Creator for Google Slides Generate full slide decks (titles, bullets, structure, and notes) from a single topic — right inside Google Slides. ⭐ What You’ll Build in This Issue In this lesson, you’ll build an AI Slide Creator that lives inside Google Slides … Read more
1. What does typeof 42 return? A. “int”B. “number”C. “integer”D. “numeric” Correct answer: BExplanation: In JavaScript, all numeric values (integers and floats) share the type “number”. 2. What is the result of typeof null? A. “null”B. “undefined”C. “object”D. “value” Correct answer: CExplanation: This is a long-standing JavaScript quirk: typeof null returns “object” even though null … Read more
Automatically Populate Your Spreadsheet with Demo Data for All Gemini Exercises https://github.com/lsvekis/20-Gemini-Exercises With one click, it builds a ready-to-use spreadsheet packed with realistic sample data for: Combined with your Gemini AI menu, this creates a complete playground for learning how AI can enhance spreadsheets. 🚀 What This Demo Setup Script Does When you run setupGeminiSheetsDemo(), … Read more
🎮 Learn by Building Interactive Browser Games with Vanilla JavaScript JavaScript comes alive when you bring the DOM to life — and that’s exactly what this next set of 10 hands-on exercises does.From painting grids to solving mazes, this collection (Exercises 41–50) dives into the kind of interactive logic that powers real-world interfaces, teaching you … Read more
GitHub https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Apps-Script-Gemini-Projects/tree/main/summarizer 🌐 Building a Web Article Summarizer & Citation Extractor with Google Sheets + Gemini AI Have you ever wished you could drop a list of article URLs into Google Sheets and instantly get structured summaries — complete with titles, key quotes, named entities, and estimated reading time?In this exercise, we’ll create exactly that … Read more
Welcome! You’re about to take your first steps into the exciting world of programming with JavaScript, the language that powers the interactive web. This guide is designed to take you from a complete beginner to someone with a solid, practical foundation in just 28 days. You don’t need any prior coding experience—just curiosity and a … Read more
Introduction to Learning JavaScript 🌍 Why JavaScript Matters JavaScript is the language of the web. It’s everywhere: In short: if you want to become a web developer, JavaScript is unavoidable. 🎯 Purpose of This Guide This 30-day learning roadmap is designed to take you from complete beginner to intermediate-level JavaScript developer. Each day includes: By … Read more
🐱 Building a Simple “Cat Grid” Web Page with TheCatAPI Who doesn’t love cats? In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to build a simple HTML page that fetches adorable cat photos from TheCatAPI and displays them in a grid layout. By the end, you’ll have a page that looks like a mini Instagram feed … Read more
This set of exercises continues your journey through JavaScript, covering more advanced concepts and practical problem-solving techniques. Keep practicing and experimenting! Section 4: Intermediate to Advanced Concepts (Exercises 31-40) Exercise 31: Error Handling with try…catch Exercise 32: Understanding this Keyword Context Exercise 33: Arrow Functions (=>) Exercise 34: Object Destructuring Exercise 35: Array Destructuring Exercise … Read more
GDG Sudbury https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sudbury-presents-build-with-ai-2025-crafting-tomorrows-solutions-with-ai/cohost-gdg-sudbury