Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
How to Build a Google Docs Add-On with Apps Script (Step-by-Step) https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Docs-Addon Google Docs is incredibly powerful—but when documents are copied from Word, PDFs, LMS systems, or email, formatting quickly turns into chaos. Instead of fixing formatting manually every time, you can build a Google Docs Add-on using Google Apps Script that runs directly inside … Read more
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #20 (ADVANCED) Becoming a Meta-Learner: Learning How You Learn Best The final skill that makes all other skills easier to acquire. 👋 Welcome to Issue #20 (Advanced) By now, you’ve learned how to: This final issue focuses on the skill behind all skills: Meta-learning — understanding, adapting, and improving your … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #13 Choose Your Path: Vibe Coding Playbooks for Real Growth Beginner • Frontend • Learning • Leadership • Career Tracks By now, one thing should be clear: There is no single “right” way to use AI.What works depends on where you are and what you’re trying to improve. Issue #13 … Read more
📘 DAY 1 — WORKED EXAMPLE Understanding Exercise 2, 3, and 4 (Fully Filled Sample) 🧠 Context: Sample Learner Profile (from Exercise 1) Before Exercise 2, the learner already completed Exercise 1 (Personal Learning Profile). Sample learner profile summary: This context matters — you’ll see why in Exercise 3. 🧪 EXERCISE 2 — Request Three … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #12 From Tool to System: Building Your Personal AI Workflow Repeatability • Prompt Systems • Daily Habits • Thinking Frameworks • Sustainable Velocity Up to now, Vibe Coding has shown what to do. Issue #12 answers the harder question: How do I make this repeatable every day—without chaos, prompt sprawl, … Read more
🟦 JavaScript Deep Dive — Issue #10 (Final) Building AI-Powered JavaScript Applications (Without Losing Control) How to integrate AI responsibly, predictably, and maintainably in real-world JS apps AI is no longer a novelty in JavaScript applications.It’s becoming infrastructure — used for search, assistants, personalization, content generation, tutoring, analytics, and automation. But most examples online focus … Read more
Google Docs “Smart Cleanup” — One Click to Fix Spacing, Quotes, Dashes, and Hidden Characters https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Docs-Smart-Clean-Up-app-One-Click-fix-with-Apps-Script If you work in Google Docs all day (course outlines, policies, SOPs, lesson plans, client docs), you’ve seen it: This post gives you a commonly needed Docs solution: a one-click “Smart Cleanup” menu built with Google Apps Script that … Read more
🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #19 (ADVANCED) Learning for Career Leverage: Skills That Compound Over Time How advanced learners choose skills that grow in value, not expire. 👋 Welcome to Issue #19 (Advanced) By now, you’ve learned how to: Now comes a crucial question: What skills are actually worth learning long-term? Not every skill compounds.Not … Read more
🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #11 What Actually Works: Real-World Patterns, Anti-Patterns & Hard Lessons with AI Practical Usage • Guardrails • Common Mistakes • Sustainable AI Workflows Up to this point, Vibe Coding has explored what’s possible. Issue #11 is about what actually survives contact with reality. Because once the excitement fades, teams are … Read more
12 Questions That Transform How You Learn Most learning fails not because the material is bad — but because it’s taught the same way to everyone. We all process information differently: Yet most learning systems ignore this. That’s where a Personal Learning Profile comes in. Instead of asking “What should I learn?”, a Personal Learning … Read more