CPD200: Developing Solutions for Google Cloud Platform

This class is intended for experienced application developers who want to learn how to migrate applications to the cloud or to create native, cloud-based applications for Google Cloud Platform.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Manage Google Cloud Source Repositories using the Google Cloud Platform Console
• Test an App Engine application using the App Engine SDK
• Access the App Engine Development Server Console
• Create an API using Google Cloud Endpoints
• Test a Cloud Endpoint API using the API Explorer
• Deploy an application to App Engine using the App Engine SDK
• Design, structure and configure an App Engine application using multiple services
• Create Client IDs using the Google Cloud Platform Console
• Secure App Engine services and Cloud Endpoints APIs using authentication
• Configure and upload new versions of App Engine services
• Integrate Google Cloud Logging into App Engine applications
• Review quota usage in a Google Cloud Platform project
• Integrate different types of storage with App Engine applications
• Create and implement a data model for use with Google Cloud Datastore
• Implement a variety of queries in Google Cloud Datastore
• Update the index configuration in Google Cloud Datastore
• Implement transactions using Google Cloud Datastore
• Review Google Cloud Trace reports in the Google Cloud Platform Console
• Integrate the Memcache API into an App Engine application to increase performance
• Configure, run and review the output of Google Cloud Security Scanner
• Configure the scaling behaviour of individual App Engine Services
• Create App Engine handlers for Push Task Queues
• Send email from an App Engine application using the Mail API
• Schedule Tasks in App Engine using the Cron Service
• Update the configuration of the Cron Service
• Secure Task Push, and Cron Service handlers
• Export Google Cloud Platform data from a project
• Delete Google Cloud Platform projects and resources

English, Romanian

Instructor-led class, Instructor-led online

Google Cloud Endpoints

• Identify Cloud Endpoints features
• Explain how to develop APIs using Cloud Endpoints
• Compare development of Cloud Endpoints APIs using Java and Python

Lab: Google Cloud Endpoints

• Review and edit Cloud Endpoints source code
• Deploy an application to App Engine
• Test a Cloud Endpoints API in the APIs Explorer

App Engine Services

• Explain the use cases for App Engine Services and how to use them in structuring an application
• Identify how to deploy and access individual App Engine services
• Explain how to route requests to individual services

Lab: Google App Engine Services

• Review the code for a sample application used throughout the remainder of the course
• Deploy multiple App Engine services to a single project

User Authentication and Credentials

• Compare authentication and authorization
• Identify options for securing App Engine applications
• Explain the use cases for Application Default Credentials

Lab: User Authentication

• Configure the OAuth consent screen and create a client ID
• Modify Conference Central to use your client ID
• Test Conference Central authentication
• Modify your admin service to require administrator rights

Managing App Engine Applications

• Explain the use cases for App Engine versions
• Identify how to access App Engine monitoring and logging services
• Explain the use of resource quotas and how to troubleshoot related errors

Lab: Managing Google App Engine Applications

• Review App Engine settings, quotas, instances, and logs
• Update App Engine services to log to Cloud Logging
• Deploy new versions of your default and admin services
• Route all traffic to a new version of the default service

Storage for Solution Developers

• Compare storage options for App Engine Solutions Developers
• Explain the purpose of, and use cases for, Google Cloud Storage
• Compare Cloud SQL integration with App Engine and Compute Engine
• Explain basic Cloud Datastore terminology and concepts, including Entity Groups

Lab: Google Cloud Datastore

• Update an existing application to save data persistently
• Test saving application data to Cloud Datastore
• List and view Cloud Datastore entities in the Google Cloud Platform Console

Queries and Indexes

• Identify available query filters for Cloud Datastore
• Compare single-property, and composite indexes in Cloud Datastore
• Configure and optimize indexes for Cloud Datastore

Lab: Google Cloud Datastore Queries and Indexes

• Add support for querying entities by kind and ancestor
• Add query filters to Cloud Datastore searches
• Update an index configuration to support composite indexes

Entity Groups, Consistency, and Transactions

• Identify the steps of a Cloud Datastore write
• Compare strong and eventual consistency in Cloud Datastore
• Identify how to achieve strongly consistent queries
• Identify best practises for Cloud Datastore transactions

Lab: Google Cloud Datastore Transactions

• Add support for using Cloud Datastore transactions to an application
• Add a Cloud Endpoint API method to view data from a different service

App Engine Performance and Optimization

• Identify Memcache types, use cases, and implementation patterns
• Compare available scaling behaviours for application services
• Configure application scaling for individual services

Lab: Google App Engine Performance and Optimization

• Review Cloud Trace reports for an application
• Configure and run a security scan for an application
• Update an application to make use of memcache
• Configure and test application scaling for application services

Task Queues

• Compare Push and Pull Queues
• Explain how to schedule tasks with the Cron Service
• Configure and securing Push and Pull Queues, as well as the Cron Service

Lab: Task Queue API

• Add a task handler to send an email using the Mail API
• Add a Cron Service handler and configuration to an existing application

Lab: Deleting Google Cloud Platform Projects and Resources

• Export Google Cloud Platform data from a project
• Delete Google Cloud Platform resources
• Shut down a Google Cloud Platform project