ALEXIS MOUSSINE-POUCHKINE: Where do you
go to ask Google Cloud Platform questions?
How do you share best practices?
And how can you learn from others?
How do you stay up with the pace of GCP?
In this video, we'll walk through some prominent
resources and also through some less obvious ones that
may work well for you in your GCP journey.
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Having the right resources of information
and using the right communication channels
can be the difference between a regular and a highly productive
GCP user.
The good news is you found this video,
so you're already on the right path.
It all starts with the Google Cloud homepage
at the cloud.google.com.
This page remains a reference for product descriptions
and documentation.
Since many developers identify themselves by the language
of their choice, we have landing pages for the most popular
languages supported by GCP, such as Go, Python, Java, NoJS, PHP,
.NET, Ruby, and Kotlin.
Let's take Go as an example.
The landing page for Go will walk you
through how to deploy your web apps using App Engine,
and how to use GCP's idiomatic Go APIs and libraries.
If you look at Kotlin, you'll find
quick starts for Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, and App
Engine, as well as code labs and tutorials
to build auto-scaling backends for mobile apps,
and instructions for using your favorite Java and Kotlin
frameworks.
Blog posts are great resources for both new and seasoned users
to stay on top of GCP.
The main Google Cloud Blog at cloud.google.com/blog typically
has multiple posts a day, and covers products, features,
and also partner and customer stories.
You are probably also interested in content that is not
exclusively written by Google.
The GCP Medium publication is a list
of articles curated by practitioners
for practitioners.
If you'd like to share your experience with the community,
this is a great place to be noticed.
This publication also features a weekly recap of the GCP news
in the last week.
And believe me, there's no such thing as a quiet week.
If you're into podcasts--
maybe you have a commute or some other time
to listen to technical audio content--
then you should subscribe to at least one
of these two weekly podcasts--
the GCP podcast and the Kubernetes podcast.
Both of them feature news of the week
and interviews with Google engineers,
as well as partners, customers, and community members.
Since you're watching this, you may
be interested in more video content from the GCP YouTube
channel.
We have videos published here on a regular basis,
and most of them are grouped into playlists around topics,
products, and events.
There are other several related YouTube channels,
such as Firebase, TensorFlow, Google Developers, G Suite,
or Apigee.
If you're hanging out on Twitter,
you should definitely follow Google Cloud Platform
@GCPCloud, and consider also following
one of these active accounts--
Firebase, G Suite Developers, Google Maps Platform,
Google Open Source, and again, Apigee.
Several GCP members monitor these
handles to engage with the community,
and it can be a great way to get the team's attention.
Of course, this is not a replacement
to our support options.
While we're on the topic of social media,
we also have spaces on Facebook as well as on LinkedIn.
Check those out.
The GCP community is large, vibrant, and growing quickly.
It exists online and in a variety of real-world places,
and this community landing page covers both.
Community tutorials are community-contributed how-tos
with an open publishing process hosted on GitHub.
There are close to 200 tutorials to date.
And if you cannot find what you're looking for, you should
request it, or maybe even write something yourself and submit
it.
On the real-world side, user groups and GCP meet-ups
are great places where like-minded people meet
to share their experiences, their best practices, and maybe
even to find a job.
There are active meet-up groups around the world,
and there should be one nearby.
If not, then create one.
It's easy, and the personal rewards are numerous.
You can also attend conferences--
small, medium, or large ones, such as the one organized
by Google, Google Cloud Next, or our Summits or onboard events
in dozens of cities around the world.
You will also find GCP content in many industry events,
such as OSCON, KubeCon, Devoxx in Europe,
and of course, in the more than 600
community-led DevFest events.
In all these events, you will be able to learn
from technical sessions, meet with Cloud engineers,
and ask questions.
Getting help from peers can turn out to be a big asset,
and some of it can come in the form
of answers on Stack Overflow.
But did you know that Google engineers maintain
and monitor a number of GCP-related tags?
This is part of GCP community support,
and details are documented in the page mentioned
in the description below.
Of course, there's always formal support.
And if you're starting out with GCP,
then I would suggest that you purchase Silver Level
Support using a portion of your $300 trial credit right
from the console in the Support section.
Here's a quick tip.
With a picture being worth a thousand words,
imagine the value to your colleagues of a visual
representation of your GCP architecture made with
great-looking icons and diagrams from cloud.google.com/icons.
This resource contains vector graphics, PNGs,
slides, and templates for popular tools
such as Lucidchart and Draw.io.
And last but not least, I couldn't leave you
without a cheat sheet, the Google Cloud Four
Words or Less Cheat Sheet.
The sheet comes in many different formats, including
several print-friendly formats, and it is maintained on GitHub.
It's a very popular resource, and you should definitely
check it out.
As you can see, there are many options for you to consider.
Pick the ones that work best for you,
and share anything that you'll find missing in the comments.
If you like this video, please like, subscribe, comment,
share, and look forward to more GCP Essentials videos.
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