To get the most out of this book

This book is geared towards readers with a familiarity with basic application development and DevOps concepts. The exercises provided in this book include Java, Python, Node.js, Go, SQL, and shell scripting. These exercises are designed to be simple and easy to complete without prior knowledge of a specific language or framework.

All examples and exercises in this book can be completed directly within the Google Cloud Console and Google Cloud Shell, however many users will prefer to work within a local development environment. To do so, download and install the Google Cloud SDK available at https://cloud. google. com/sdk/.