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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Developer Professional Certificate

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Google Cloud

Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Developer Professional Certificate

Developer Best Practices on Google Cloud

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Intermediate level
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8 weeks to complete
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.7

(545 reviews)

Intermediate level
Some related experience required
8 weeks to complete
at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.

  • Learn the skills needed to be successful in a cloud developer engineering role.

  • Choose among and use application deployment environments on Google Cloud: App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Compute Engine.

  • Techniques for monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving infrastructure and application performance in Google Cloud

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What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.

  • Define how infrastructure is organized and controlled in Google Cloud

  • Explain how to create a basic infrastructure in Google Cloud

  • Select and use Google Cloud storage options

Skills you'll gain

Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Containerization
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Application Development
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: Scalability
Category: Network Infrastructure

What you'll learn

  • Discuss the differences among Google Cloud compute platforms.

  • Discuss the components and architecture of Kubernetes.

  • Identify how Google manages Kubernetes orchestration.

  • Create and manage Google Kubernetes Engine clusters by using the Google Cloud console and gcloud/kubectl commands.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Containerization
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Cloud Management

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