You're reading from Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Developer Exam Guide Modernize your applications using cloud-native services and best practices

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800560994

Length 382 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Google App Engine

Concepts

Cloud Native

Author (1):

Sebastian Moreno

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Welcome to the Google Cloud Developers' Guide

2. Chapter 1: Google Cloud Platform Developer Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Security Fundamentals and Best Practices

4. Section 2: Developing and Modernizing Applications on Google Cloud Platform

5. Chapter 3: Application Modernization Using Google Cloud

6. Chapter 4: Using Cloud Functions and Google App Engine

7. Chapter 5: Virtual Machines and Container Applications on Google Cloud Platform

8. Chapter 6: Managing APIs on Google Cloud Platform

9. Section 3: Storage Foundations

10. Chapter 7: Handling Unstructured Data

11. Chapter 8: Databases and Event Messages in Google Cloud

12. Chapter 9: Data Management and Database Strategies

13. Chapter 10: Optimizing Applications with Caching Strategies on Google Cloud Platform

14. Section 4: SRE for Developers

15. Chapter 11: Logging on Google Cloud Platform

16. Chapter 12: Cloud Monitoring, Tracing, and Debugging

17. Section 5: Analyzing a Sample Case Study

18. Chapter 13: HipLocal Sample Case Study Preparation

19. Chapter 14: Questions and Answers

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