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Hands-On Serverless Computing

You're reading from   Hands-On Serverless Computing Build, run and orchestrate serverless applications using AWS Lambda, Microsoft Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions

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Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788836654
Length 350 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kuldeep Chowhan Kuldeep Chowhan
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Kuldeep Chowhan
Kuldeep Chowhan is a Principal Software Developer at Expedia Inc. He has been involved in building tools and platforms for the last 5+ years at Expedia to help teams at Expedia consume different AWS Services. Over the past few years, he has been focusing on Serverless technologies on AWS (AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.,), Node.js, and React. He has built a Platform as a Service (PaaS) tool for automated creation of a source code, CI/CD pipeline, a fully automated pipeline to deploy Docker containers/AWS Lambdas. He is passionate about Serverless technologies. CI/CD, DevOps, and microservice architecture for applications.
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Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
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Foreword
Contributors
Preface
1. What is Serverless Computing? FREE CHAPTER 2. Development Environment, Tools, and SDKs 3. Getting Started with AWS Lambda 4. Triggers and Events for AWS Lambda 5. Your First Serverless Application on AWS 6. Serverless Orchestration on AWS 7. Getting Started with Azure Functions 8. Triggers and Bindings for Azure Functions 9. Your First Serverless Application on Azure 10. Getting Started with Google Cloud Functions 11. Triggers and Events for Google Cloud Functions 12. Your First Serverless Application on Google Cloud 13. Reference Architecture for a Web App 14. Reference Architecture for a Real-time File Processing 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Chapter 12. Your First Serverless Application on Google Cloud

In this chapter, we will learn how to write serverless applications that will run on the Google Cloud Platform using Node.js. We will learn about creating Google Cloud Functions from the Google Cloud Console. We will also learn about how to deploy Google Cloud Functions from your local workstation using the gcloud command-line interface. 

In this chapter, we will learn about creating Google Cloud Functions using the following:

  • The Google Cloud Console:
    • We will learn how to create a Google Cloud Function 
    • We will learn how to create HTTP types of Google Cloud Functions
    • We will learn about testing the Google Cloud Function through the Console and also using Postman
    • We will learn about viewing logs for the Google Cloud Function
  • Local workstation:
    • We will learn how to create a Google Cloud Function on your local workstation
    • We will learn how to deploy Google Cloud Functions on your local workstation to the Google Cloud Platform using the...
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Kuldeep Chowhan is a Principal Software Developer at Expedia Inc. He has been involved in building tools and platforms for the last 5+ years at Expedia to help teams at Expedia consume different AWS Services. Over the past few years, he has been focusing on Serverless technologies on AWS (AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.,), Node.js, and React. He has built a Platform as a Service (PaaS) tool for automated creation of a source code, CI/CD pipeline, a fully automated pipeline to deploy Docker containers/AWS Lambdas. He is passionate about Serverless technologies. CI/CD, DevOps, and microservice architecture for applications.
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