Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
Everything You Need to Integrate Gemini Into Web Apps, Servers, Workflows & AI-Powered Tools Google’s Gemini API gives developers a powerful set of tools for text generation, analysis, structured reasoning, image understanding, code assistance, and more. Combined with Gemini Gems, you can build AI agents that behave consistently and integrate them directly into your applications. … Read more
How to Use Them & How to Get Started (Beginner Friendly) Gemini Gems are lightweight, customizable AI agents you can build inside Google AI Studio. They let you create mini-AI tools with specific behaviors—like tutors, assistants, generators, summarizers, or domain-specific experts—without writing complex code. If you can describe what you want, you can build a … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #1 Code Faster. Think Smarter. Build Better. A new coding mindset for modern frontend developers. Welcome to the first issue of the Vibe Coding Newsletter — your new weekly system for leveling up as a developer using AI-enhanced thinking paired with rock-solid frontend engineering fundamentals. Vibe Coding is not about … Read more
🚀 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
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #8 How to Build a Long-Term Learning Lifestyle With AI Stop relying on motivation — build an identity powered by consistency. 👋 Welcome to Issue #8! Up to now, you’ve learned how to: But here’s the truth: None of it matters unless you keep learning consistently. The biggest challenge for … Read more
Convert your sheet data into a form quiz https://github.com/lsvekis/JavaScript-Quiz-Form-Builder 1. Set up your Google Sheet Use (or create) a spreadsheet and add a sheet (tab) named Questions. In row 1, put these headers: A B C D E F G Question Option A Option B Option C Option D CorrectOption Explanation Then from row 2 … 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
🚀 Learn to Code — Issue #3 CSS Layout Debugging — Fixing the Most Confusing Layout Problems If JavaScript teaches you logic, CSS teaches you intuition.Except… for most beginners, CSS feels anything but intuitive. Things don’t align.Spacing seems random.Elements overlap or vanish.And “why won’t this center?” becomes a running joke. Today’s issue teaches you how … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #5 https://github.com/lsvekis/Build-an-AI-Email-Assistant-for-Gmail Build an AI Email Assistant for Gmail Draft replies, summarize long threads, extract tasks, detect tone, and create a Gmail sidebar — all powered by Gemini. ⭐ What You Will Build in Issue #5 A complete AI Email Assistant for Gmail that can: 📩 Summarize … Read more
