Using Cloud Functions to run your code

Using Cloud Functions (https://cloud.google.com/functions) is one of the simplest ways to run your code on Google Cloud, using the benefits of a FaaS platform. Let’s explain what it is and how it works.

Introducing Cloud Functions

The concept of Cloud Functions, and the reason for its name, is that you can create a code function in your favorite programming language and use a trigger to execute it on demand. Personally, I love the idea of packing my code, specifying the dependencies in a text file, deploying it, and... voilà, it is ready to run in a matter of minutes with no hassle.

The choice of programming language is quite extensive, including Node.js, Python, Go, Java, .NET, Ruby, and PHP at the time of writing. You can see the full list of supported languages and versions here: https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/concepts/execution-environment#runtimes.

There are different triggers available to get your code to...