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Alex Patterson
Alex Patterson

This is all from https://github.com/gregsramblings/google-cloud-4-words/blob/master/README.md please check it out!

This is mainly for me to remember where this great list is located @gregsramblings.

All Products

Compute

Storage

Database

Data and Analytics

Hybrid and Multi-cloud

AI/ML

Networking

Internet of Things (IoT)

Gaming

  • Google Cloud Game Servers: Orchestrate Agones clusters 🔗Link

Identity and Security

Management Tools

Developer Tools

Migration to GCP

  • BigQuery Data Transfer Service: Bulk import analytics data 🔗Link 🔗Link
  • Cloud Data Transfer: Data migration tools/CLI 🔗Link
  • Google Transfer Appliance: Rentable data transport box 🔗Link 🔗Link
  • Migrate for Anthos: Migrate VMs to GKE containers 🔗Link 🔗Link
  • Migrate for Compute Engine: Compute Engine migration tools 🔗Link 🔗Link
  • Migrate from Amazon Redshift: Migrate from Redshift to BigQuery 🔗Link
  • Migrate from Teradata: Migrate from Teradata to BigQuery 🔗Link
  • Storage Transfer Service: Online/on-premises data transfer 🔗Link
  • VM Migration: VM migration tools 🔗Link
  • Cloud Foundation Toolkit: Infrastructure as Code templates 🔗Link

API Platform and Ecosystems

  • API Analytics: API metrics 🔗Link
  • API Monetization: Monetize APIs 🔗Link
  • Apigee API Platform: Develop, secure, monitor APIs 🔗Link
  • Apigee Hybrid: Manage hybrid/multi-cloud API environments 🔗Link 🔗Link
  • Apigee Sense: API protection from attacks 🔗Link
  • Cloud Endpoints: Cloud API gateway 🔗Link
  • Cloud Healthcare API: Healthcare system GCP interoperability 🔗Link
  • Developer Portal: API management portal 🔗Link
  • GCP Marketplace: Partner & open source marketplace 🔗Link

Google Maps Platform

  • Directions API: Get directions between locations 🔗Link
  • Distance Matrix API: Multi-origin/destination travel times 🔗Link
  • Geocoding API: Convert address to/from coordinates 🔗Link
  • Geolocation API: Derive location without GPS 🔗Link
  • Maps Embed API: Display iframe embedded maps 🔗Link
  • Maps JavaScript API: Dynamic web maps 🔗Link
  • Maps SDK for Android: Maps for Android apps 🔗Link
  • Maps SDK for iOS: Maps for iOS apps 🔗Link
  • Maps Static API: Display static map images 🔗Link
  • Maps SDK for Unity: Unity SDK for games 🔗Link
  • Maps URLs: URL scheme for maps 🔗Link
  • Places API: Rest-based Places features 🔗Link
  • Places Library, Maps JS API: Places features for web 🔗Link
  • Places SDK for Android: Places features for Android 🔗Link
  • Places SDK for iOS: Places feature for iOS 🔗Link
  • Roads API: Convert coordinates to roads 🔗Link
  • Street View Static API: Static street view images 🔗Link
  • Street View Service: Street view for JavaScript 🔗Link
  • Time Zone API: Convert coordinates to timezone 🔗Link

G Suite Platform

  • Admin SDK: Manage G Suite resources 🔗Link
  • AMP for Email: Dynamic interactive email 🔗Link
  • Apps Script: Extend and automate everything 🔗Link
  • Calendar API: Create and manage calendars 🔗Link
  • Classroom API: Provision and manage classrooms 🔗Link
  • Cloud Search: Unified search for enterprise 🔗Link
  • Docs API: Create and edit documents 🔗Link
  • Drive Activity API: Retrieve Google Drive activity 🔗Link
  • Drive API: Read and write files 🔗Link
  • Drive Picker: Drive file selection widget 🔗Link
  • Email Markup: Interactive email using schema.org 🔗Link
  • G Suite Add-ons: Extend G Suite apps 🔗Link
  • G Suite Marketplace: Storefront for integrated applications 🔗Link
  • Gmail API: Enhance Gmail 🔗Link
  • Hangouts Chat Bots: Conversational bots in chat 🔗Link
  • People API: Manage user's Contacts 🔗Link
  • Sheets API: Read and write spreadsheets 🔗Link
  • Slides API: Create and edit presentations 🔗Link
  • Task API: Search, read & update Tasks 🔗Link
  • Vault API: Manage your organization's eDiscovery 🔗Link

Mobile (Firebase)

  • Cloud Firestore: Document store and sync 🔗Link
  • Cloud Functions for Firebase: Event-driven serverless applications 🔗Link
  • Cloud Storage for Firebase: Object storage and serving 🔗Link
  • Crashlytics: Crash reporting and analytics 🔗Link
  • Firebase A/B Testing: Create A/B test experiments 🔗Link
  • Firebase App Distribution: Trusted tester early access 🔗Link
  • Firebase Authentication: Drop-in authentication 🔗Link
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging: Send device notifications 🔗Link
  • Firebase Dynamic Links: Link to app content 🔗Link
  • Firebase Extensions: Pre-packaged development solutions 🔗Link
  • Firebase Hosting: Web hosting with CDN/SSL 🔗Link
  • Firebase In-App Messaging: Send in-app contextual messages 🔗Link
  • Firebase Performance Monitoring: App/web performance monitoring 🔗Link
  • Firebase Predictions: Predict user targeting 🔗Link
  • Firebase Realtime Database: Real-time data synchronization 🔗Link
  • Firebase Remote Config: Remotely configure installed apps 🔗Link
  • Firebase Test Lab: Mobile testing device farm 🔗Link
  • Google Analytics for Firebase: Mobile app analytics 🔗Link
  • ML Kit for Firebase: ML APIs for mobile 🔗Link

Additional Resources

Everything below is not included in the PDFs/PNGs due to space limitations

Additional Resources

GCP Foundational Open Source Projects

  • Apache Beam: Batch/streaming data processing 🔗Link
  • Go: High Concurrency Programming Language 🔗Link
  • gRPC: RPC framework 🔗Link
  • gVisor: Secure container runtime 🔗Link
  • Istio: Connect and secure services 🔗Link
  • Knative: Serverless framework for Kubernetes 🔗Link
  • Kubeflow: ML toolkit for Kubernetes 🔗Link
  • Kubernetes: Management of containerized applications 🔗Link
  • OpenCensus: Cloud native observability framework 🔗Link
  • TensorFlow: ML framework 🔗Link

Platform Comparisons

  • Google Cloud Platform for AWS Professionals: 🔗Link
  • Google Cloud Platform for Azure Professionals: 🔗Link
  • Google Cloud Platform for Data Center Professionals: 🔗Link
  • Google Cloud Platform for OpenStack Users: 🔗Link

Language Specific Documentation

Resources, Links & Official Documentation

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What are the main takeaways from Google Cloud Reference?

A developers cheat sheet for all the products offered by Google Cloud Platform. Google Cloud Reference explores practical patterns for Google Cloud, Firebase, Docker in modern software engineering. Throughout this post, Alex Patterson breaks down real-world implementation details for Google Cloud, Firebase, Docker so developers can apply these patterns directly in production.

How do you implement Google Cloud best practices in production?

When adopting Google Cloud and Firebase in a production stack, start by validating your configuration against the Google Cloud Architecture & Docs (Cloud Run, Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery, and Vertex AI guides). Focus on incremental adoption, automated testing, and observability so your team can measure performance and developer velocity improvements at each stage.

Where can I watch the full Google Cloud Reference walkthrough and find related code resources?

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