To get the most out of this book

You should understand the basics of writing, deploying, and running code. Basic knowledge of cloud services would be beneficial too, but a quick introduction is included for those who may be lacking it.

You will also need to have some familiarization with the Google Cloud web console and know how to use a Linux command shell. Also, since most of the examples are written in Python, knowing this programming language will make things much easier.

Software/hardware covered in the book	Operating system requirements
Python 3.x	Linux
Bash shell	Linux

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.