Module 1: Best Practices for Cloud Application DevelopmentDiscuss best practices for application development in the cloud. Describe patterns for improving stability and reliability of cloud applications.Module 2: Getting Started with Google Cloud DevelopmentDiscuss how the Google Cloud SDK lets you interact with Google Cloud services. Describe how Cloud Client Libraries can be used in your applications. Discuss how Cloud Code helps developers create cloud applications on Google Cloud.Module 3: Data Storage OptionsUnderstand how to choose the appropriate data storage option for application use cases. Use Firestore to store document-based application data. Use Cloud Storage to store unstructured data.Module 4: Handling Authentication and AuthorizationDiscuss how Identity-Aware Proxy authenticates application users. Describe the use of federated identity for applications in Google Cloud. Describe how to authenticate your application to Google Cloud APIs based on how your application is deployed. Use authentication and authorization to secure an application.Module 5: Adding Intelligence to Your ApplicationDescribe how pretrained machine learning APIs can be called from applications. Differentiate the use cases for Google Cloud's pretrained machine learning APIs. Use a Google Cloud pretrained machine-learning API in an application.Module 6: Deploying ApplicationsDiscuss the features of a continuous integration and delivery pipeline. Describe how to build and store application container images. Create a container image by using Cloud Build.Module 7: Compute Options for Your ApplicationDescribe use cases for the different compute options used for running applications on Google Cloud. Differentiate the benefits of different compute options on Google Cloud.Module 8: Monitoring and Performance TuningRecognize the four golden signals. Describe benefits of the services in Google Cloud's operations suite.Module 9: Introduction to MicroservicesDescribe the differences between monolithic applications, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and microservices. Describe the benefits and challenges of microservice-based architectures.Module 10: Event-Driven ApplicationsList the characteristics of an event. Describe the advantages of event-driven applications.Module 11: Choreography and OrchestrationUnderstand how Pub/Sub and Eventarc can be used to connect services by using the choreography pattern. Explain the benefits of using CloudEvents for event metadata. Understand how Workflows can be used to orchestrate services. Differentiate the use cases for choreography and orchestration. Use Workflows, Eventarc, Cloud Tasks, and Cloud Scheduler to coordinate a microservices application on Google Cloud.Module 12: Introduction to Cloud FunctionsDefine Cloud Functions. Identify the use cases, features, and benefits of Cloud Functions. Distinguish the types of Cloud Functions, and identify the supported languages for developing functions. Develop and deploy a Cloud Function using the Google Cloud console and gcloud CLI.Module 13: Calling and Connecting Cloud FunctionsUnderstand the different kinds of triggers available, and learn how to specify triggers for functions. Connect services and functions with workflows. Connect functions to resources in a VPC network.Module 14: Securing Cloud FunctionsSecure Cloud Functions with identity and network-based access controls. Understand function identity. • Understand how to authenticate and authorize access to functions for invocation and administration. Protect functions and related data with encryption keys.Module 15: Integrating with Cloud DatabasesIntegrate Cloud Functions with cloud databases such as Firestore, and Memorystore. Use secrets with Cloud Functions. Use environment variables with Cloud Functions.Module 16: Best PracticesUse best practices when developing and implementing Cloud Functions. Understand how to retry event-driven Cloud Functions on failure.

Application developers, architects, and cloud engineers.Prerequisite:Programming experience is recommended. Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments is helpful.