Program Overview:
This 4 day instructor-led class introduces participants to Solution Development for Google Cloud Platform. Through a combination of instructor-led presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, students learn how to develop cloud-based applications using Google App Engine, Google Cloud Datastore, and Google Cloud Endpoints.

Program Duration: 4 Days

At the end of this four-day 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

Module 1: Developing Solutions for Google Cloud Platform

• Learning Objectives
• Identify the advantages of Google Cloud Platform for solution development
• Identify services and tools available for solution development using Google Cloud Platform
• Compare examples of Google Cloud Platform architectures for solution development
• Lab: Google Cloud Source Repositories
• Learning objectives
• Create a project for the course
• Use Google Cloud Shell to develop and test an application using the App Engine SDK
• Configure Google Cloud Source Repositories to remotely host code in Google Cloud Platform

Module 2: Google Cloud Endpoints

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

Module 3: App Engine Services

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

Module 4: User Authentication and Credentials

• Learning Objectives
• Compare authentication and authorization
• Identify options for securing App Engine applications
• Explain the use cases for Application Default Credentials
• Lab: User Authentication
• Learning objectives
• 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

Module 5: Managing App Engine Applications

• Learning Objectives
• 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
• Learning objectives
• 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

Module 6: Storage for Solution Developers

• Learning Objectives
• 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
• Learning objectives
• 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

Module 7: Queries and Indexes

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

Module 8: Entity Groups, Consistency, and Transactions

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

Module 9: App Engine Performance and Optimization

• Learning Objectives
• 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
• Learning objectives
• 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

Module 10: Task Queues

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