CHAPTER 7

Compute and Containers

In this chapter, we’ll cover

•   Running computing workloads in the cloud and where the industry is headed

•   Basics of the Google Computer Engine, App Engine, and Kubernetes Engine

•   Googles IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and FaaS offerings in the cloud

•   How to manage your API endpoints securely and effectively

Computing enables us to surface our technological innovations to the world. We’ve leveraged computing to solve some of the most advanced, most complex, challenges that humanity has faced. As companies move to the cloud, the speed of problem-solving continues to grow at such a rapid pace that it defies Moore’s Law, which states that the number of transistors on a microchip will double every two years, reflecting ...

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