ALEXIS MOUSSINE-POUCHKINE: If you've seen previous GCP
Essentials videos, you should now
have a good sense of what GCP has to offer.
It's time to get your feet wet and your hands dirty.
And if you haven't, then consider checking out
the series playlist.
In this video, we'll talk about all the ways
you can experience GCP with hands-on code labs, tutorials,
online courses, and solutions, all at little or no cost.
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Before we talk about hands-on resources,
let me remind you about the Google Cloud home
page at cloud.google.com.
It all starts there.
Product documentation lives there, for instance.
And chances are you will spend some quality time there
as you learn and research specific products and APIs.
Make sure you check out the Documentation Quick Start.
These 30-minute tutorials offer a step-by-step walk-through
of some basic tasks, such as creating a Linux VM,
storing a file and sharing it, deploying a Docker container
image, running a label detection on a photograph,
or deploying an application on App Engine.
You can also find interactive tutorials embedded right
into the console.
Select one of the dozen or so product tutorials
and let the tutorial guide you step-by-step
through the console user interface.
If you're looking for self-based hands-on experience,
we have a lot in store for you.
First, Google code labs are available at g.co/codelabs,
and they have a very rich cloud section.
There are more than 200 free labs,
covering the vast majority of GCP products.
You can sort by category, duration, and publish dates.
Each lab should only cost you $1 or $2,
which can be covered by the $300 free trial credits.
But do make sure to follow the CodeLab's clean-up instructions
to properly delete all resources that can incur costs.
Second, there is Qwiklabs.
If you're planning for a certification
or would like to take a series of related hands-on labs,
also known as Quests, then Qwiklabs
offers you a personalized platform
to track your progress.
Simply sign up for a free account, buy some credits,
and start a quest.
Each lab comes with a real, but temporary, GCP
account and a project ID available for the duration
of the lab.
Note, also, that Qwiklabs is the hands-on tool
that Coursera uses to deliver its courses and specialization.
Now, getting your hands on individual products
and understanding the scope and features is great,
but understanding how different products actually work together
is also very useful.
And this is where Solutions come into play.
These detailed, technical articles
often come with source code and are
grouped into categories, such as modernize infrastructure,
migrate workloads, hybrid cloud, HPC, big data analytics,
machine learning, IoT, continuous delivery,
serverless API management, et cetera.
You can also browse by industry or vertical solutions,
such as retail, energy, financial services, gaming,
and others.
These solutions are all based on customer best practices
and common use cases.
And they come with detailed descriptions and code
to make sure you can learn from others
and jump-start your GCP developments.
As you can see, there's plenty of hands-on material
that is available and waiting for you.
So what are you waiting for?
Grab a tutorial, take a code lab, study a solution,
and get those hands dirty.
If you like this video, please like, subscribe, comment,
share, and look forward to more GCP Essentials videos.
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