Chapter 1: Google Cloud Platform Developer Fundamentals

In this first chapter, you will learn about the fundamentals and best practices of developing in Google Cloud, and how these differ from traditional on-premises application development. You will learn about concepts that allow you to take your developments to decoupled, resilient, highly available, and scalable architectures, in addition to delegating the most significant responsibilities to Google's self-managed services in a secure way.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • The differences between IaaS, CaaS, PaaS, and serverless
  • The fundamentals of a microservices ecosystem
  • Delegating responsibilities to Google Cloud services

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