Google Cloud Essentials — selected guide
Platform overview - Code & build tools
Eight concise orientations to compute, storage, containers, projects, delivery, logs, and errors
Eight 2020–2022 explainers introduce compute, storage, containers, Firebase projects, build tools, logging, and error reporting through the workloads each service supports.
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Cloud Code helps developers test and debug from their editor; Cloud Build moves builds and deployment into repeatable automation. This overview explains why fast local feedback and a build process independent of any developer's machine serve different needs. 00:00–04:11(opens in a new tab)
Key Points Covered
- Cloud Code brought container development, debugging, and deployment for GKE and Cloud Run into VS Code and IntelliJ. 00:00–01:02(opens in a new tab)
- The editor workflow supports starter templates, remote debugging, and continuous deployment to a local Kubernetes cluster. Developers can inspect resources and stream application logs without leaving the editor. 01:02–03:08(opens in a new tab)
- Cloud Build describes tasks in a configuration file and runs each step in a container. Those steps can fetch dependencies, run tests, create application packages or images, and deploy them, reducing dependence on differences between developer machines. 03:08–04:11(opens in a new tab)
- A builder is a container image supplying the tool for a build step. Builds can start from a command, an API call, or repository events such as a push or pull request; the same mechanism can also run infrastructure tools such as Terraform. 04:11–05:13(opens in a new tab)
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_OuqZ1ZKU(opens in a new tab)