Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
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If you work with Amazon KDP, you’ve probably copied URLs like this more times than you’d like to admit: What you really want isn’t that long internal KDP URL — you want clean public Amazon links, like: Instead of doing this manually every time, we can automate it directly inside Google Sheets using a custom … Read more
📘 Lesson 7 — Gemini-Powered Google Docs (Summaries, Rewrites & AI Writing Tools) Blog Post #7 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series Google Sheets is about data.Google Docs is about thinking, writing, and meaning. In this lesson, you’ll bring Gemini directly into Google Docs, allowing users to summarize documents, rewrite sections, and … Read more
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Create Real Tools Inside Docs (Not Just Scripts) Most Google Apps Script tutorials stop at automation.But the real power starts when you turn scripts into tools users can interact with—directly inside Google Docs. In this article, you’ll learn how to create custom menus and sidebars that transform a Google Doc into a mini application. Why … Read more
Goal: Reuse code across multiple Docs projects by adding a library to a bound script (a script attached to a Google Doc), then calling library functions from the Doc. What is a Google Apps Script Library? A library is a reusable Apps Script project you publish so other scripts can include it. Instead of copy/pasting … Read more
📘 Lesson 6 — Gemini-Powered Google Sheets Tools (Menus, Selections & AI Output) Blog Post #6 in the Apps Script + APIs + Gemini Series Calling Gemini is powerful.But calling Gemini inside Google Sheets is transformative. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to turn Gemini into a native Sheets assistant—able to explain data, summarize selections, … Read more