Google Cloud Platform Essential Training for Developers: Cloud-Native Development with Gemini

Course details

Discover how to manage scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native applications efficiently. This course is a comprehensive guide to building and deploying modern applications on Google Cloud, going beyond the basics to focus on the architectural patterns and tools you need to be productive, from choosing between serverless with Cloud Run and container orchestration with GKE. Find out how to automate your entire development lifecycle by building a complete CI/CD pipeline and managing your infrastructure programmatically with Terraform. To accelerate your workflow, this course shows Gemini can assist with coding, configuration, and troubleshooting.

Learning objectives
Select the best compute service for specific application workloads.
Monitor application performance using Google Cloud services.
Optimize your code production with Gemini.
Automate builds and deployment with Google Cloud services.

Concepts

The Modern Developer's Foundation

Core Google Cloud concepts - projects, regions, and zones
Mastering your toolkit - Google Cloud CLI for power users
Introduction - infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform
Managing identities and permissions with IAM

Developing Faster with Gemini AI

Using Gemini Code Assist - generating code, Dockerfiles, and REST APIs
Using Gemini Cloud Assist - interacting with GCP through chat
Practical debugging - using Gemini to understand errors and logs

Core Compute - Serverless and Containers

Choosing the right compute service - Cloud Run vs. GKE
Deploying and scaling a web service with Cloud Run
Deploying a microservice to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Managing legacy workloads with Compute Engine

Storing and Managing Application Data

Flexible object storage with Cloud Storage
Choosing a database - Cloud SQL vs. Firestore
Implementing a relational database with Cloud SQL
Managing application secrets with Secret Manager

Building a Complete CI CD Pipeline

Managing code with Secure Source Manager
Automating builds with Cloud Build
Automating deployments with Cloud Deploy and release promotions
Putting it together - a full source-to-production pipeline

Networking and Service Communication

Developer networking essentials - VPCs, subnets, and firewall rules
Exposing services with cloud load balancing
Asynchronous messaging with Pub Sub
Securing user access with Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)

Production Monitoring and Observability

Actionable logging with Cloud Logging and structured logs
Application performance monitoring with Cloud Monitoring
Diagnosing latency with Cloud Trace

Conclusion

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