This course introduces you to event-based applications and teaches you how to use service orchestration and choreography to coordinate microservices. Using lectures and hands-on labs, you learn how to use Workflows, Eventarc, Cloud Tasks, and Cloud Scheduler to build microservices applications on Google Cloud.
Service Orchestration and Choreography on Google Cloud
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Service Orchestration and Choreography on Google Cloud
This course is part of Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Developer Professional Certificate
Instructor: Google Cloud Training
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Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Describe the benefits and challenges of microservices-based architectures.
Describe the advantages of event-driven applications.
Identify the strengths of orchestration and choreography.
Use Workflows, Eventarc, Cloud Tasks, and Cloud Scheduler to coordinate a microservices application on Google Cloud.
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Assessments
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Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
Welcome to "Service Orchestration and Choreography on Google Cloud." This course introduces you to microservices, event-driven applications, and the use of service choreography and orchestration on Google Cloud. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on labs, and supplemental materials, you will learn about Google Cloud's services that enable application integration and service communication: Workflows, Eventarc, Cloud Tasks, and Cloud Scheduler.
What's included
1 video
This module introduces you to microservices and discusses the benefits and challenges of using a microservices architecture for your applications.
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5 videos1 assignment
This module introduces events and event-driven applications and discusses the benefits of choosing an event-driven architecture for your microservices applications.
What's included
4 videos1 assignment
This module introduces two effective patterns for inter-service communication: choreography and orchestration. Eventarc uses the choreography pattern, which allows independent services to perform tasks when events are received. Workflows uses orchestration, and acts as a central orchestrator of the interactions between the services. You learn how Workflows, Eventarc, Cloud Tasks, and Cloud Scheduler can be used to build powerful microservices applications on Google Cloud.
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10 videos1 assignment1 app item
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