Modernizing Applications with Google Cloud

In the previous chapter, we explored the hardware and infrastructure decisions that technology teams make when building out systems in order to support applications. This chapter will focus on the evolution of application development and the implications of these evolutions. It will include a brief history of application development along with a summary of the Google Cloud solutions for hosting applications. After finishing this chapter, you will be able to do the following:

• Understand how and why application development evolved from a monolithic approach to a microservice approach
• Describe the benefits of cloud-native application development and its business drivers
• Describe the solutions available on Google Cloud for hosting applications and when they are appropriate

The chapter covers the following topics:

• The evolution of application development
• The benefits of cloud-native application development
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