Build a Birthday Reminder System with Apps Script & Gmail

About this course

Have you ever forgotten an important birthday and felt terrible about it?You are not alone. With busy lives, large families, and endless social circles, it is almost impossible to keep track of every important date. What if you could build a system that automatically reminds you the day before and on the actual day — every single year — without you ever having to think about it again?That is exactly what you will build in this course.What you will create:In this hands-on micro course, you will build a fully automated birthday reminder system using three free Google tools — Google Sheets, Google Apps Script, and Gmail. The system stores your birthday list in a simple spreadsheet, checks it every morning at 8am, and sends you a personalised email alert automatically. Because it runs entirely in Google's cloud, it works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — even when your computer is completely switched off.Set it up once. Let it run forever.No coding experience required:Every single line of code is explained in plain English. You do not need to know JavaScript, programming, or anything technical before starting this course. If you can use a basic spreadsheet and send an email, you have everything you need to complete this project and have it running by the end of the course.What makes this course different:This is not a theory course. There are no abstract programming concepts or lengthy lectures about syntax rules. Every module is focused entirely on building the real working project. You will understand what each line of code does and why, but the goal is always a finished, deployed, fully functional system — not just notes.What you will learn:You will learn how to structure a Google Sheet as a simple database, write and understand JavaScript functions, work with date comparisons, send emails programmatically, and deploy a cloud-based time-driven trigger th