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Google Cloud Skills Boost

Apply your skills in Google Cloud console

Amr Darwish

Member since 2019

Anthos: Service Mesh Earned Apr 12, 2020 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Leap Day Earned Feb 29, 2020 EST
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Data Solutions Earned Aug 31, 2019 EDT
Deprecated Kubernetes Solutions Earned Jul 15, 2019 EDT
Palo Alto Networks Game Earned Jul 13, 2019 EDT
[DEPRECATED] OK Google: Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant Earned Jun 30, 2019 EDT
Baseline: Infrastructure Earned May 4, 2019 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials Earned Feb 13, 2019 EST

This intermediate-level quest is unique among Qwiklabs quests. These labs have been curated to give operators hands-on practice with Anthos—a new, open application modernization platform on GCP. Anthos enables you to build and manage modern hybrid applications. Tasks include: installing service mesh, collecting telemetry, and securing your microservices with service mesh policies. This quest is composed of labs targeted to teach you everything you need to know to introduce service mesh, and Anthos, into your next hybrid cloud project.

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Welcome Gamers! Are you a developer? Get hands-on practice with the state-of-the-art tools for developing applications in Google Cloud. The skills you learn align with the Professional Cloud Developer Certification exam. You will work with two different languages, Java and Python, and get 4 labs closer to earning the Cloud Development badge. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. Ready to play?

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In today's game, you will explore how Google Cloud can help you solve real-world challenges with different data tools, while making progress on the Data Engineering quest. Want to learn more about what data can do? Check out how the New York Times, Macy's and healthcare researchers are using tools like Kubernetes and Tensorflow: http://bit.ly/32e0bwi

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Containerized applications have changed the game and are here to stay. With Kubernetes, you can orchestrate containers with ease, and integration with the Google Cloud Platform is seamless. In this advanced-level quest, you will be exposed to a wide range of Kubernetes use cases and will get hands-on practice architecting solutions over the course of 8 labs. From building Slackbots with NodeJS, to deploying game servers on clusters, to running the Cloud Vision API, Kubernetes Solutions will show you first-hand how agile and powerful this container orchestration system is.

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The move to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) public cloud services is underway, and requirements for cloud security are real. Palo Alto Networks offers innovative and comprehensive protection as you adopt public cloud services. The Palo Alto Networks solutions complement the native GCP security toolset, including network, host and cloud-native security delivered through APIs for comprehensive protection. Take labs to earn points. The faster you complete the lab objectives, the higher your score. You can take each lab up to 5 times. Good luck!

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With Google Assistant part of over a billion consumer devices, this quest teaches you how to build practical Google Assistant applications integrated with Google Cloud services via APIs. Example apps will use the Dialogflow conversational suite and the Actions and Cloud Functions frameworks. You will build 5 different applications that explore useful and fun tools you can extend on your own. No hardware required! These labs use the cloud-based Google Assistant simulator environment for developing and testing, but if you do have your own device, such as a Google Home or a Google Hub, additional instructions are provided on how to deploy your apps to your own hardware.

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If you are a novice cloud developer looking for hands-on practice beyond Google Cloud Essentials, this course is for you. You will get practical experience through labs that dive into Cloud Storage and other key application services like Monitoring and Cloud Functions. You will develop valuable skills that are applicable to any Google Cloud initiative. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for these labs.

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In this introductory-level course, you get hands-on practice with the Google Cloud’s fundamental tools and services. Optional videos are provided to provide more context and review for the concepts covered in the labs. Google Cloud Essentials is a recommendeded first course for the Google Cloud learner - you can come in with little or no prior cloud knowledge, and come out with practical experience that you can apply to your first Google Cloud project. From writing Cloud Shell commands and deploying your first virtual machine, to running applications on Kubernetes Engine or with load balancing, Google Cloud Essentials is a prime introduction to the platform’s basic features.

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