New year, new skills! Add 23 (or so) new skills and techniques to your toolkit, while sampling certification-based learning paths. Whether you're thinking about Google Cloud's Data, DevOps or Networking certifications, or just exploring, this is the challenge to help you start your year strong.
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New year, new skills! Add 23 (or so) new skills and techniques to your toolkit, while sampling certification-based learning paths. Whether you're thinking about Google Cloud's Data, DevOps or Networking certifications, or just exploring, this is the challenge to help you start your year strong.
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GOOOOAALLL! Get practical experience on the fundamentals of sports data science no matter who you're cheering for in this week's matches. Use BigQuery ML to train advanced models to predict goals and evaluate performance. Complete labs to learn new skills and earn the badge. No prior experience needed!
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No-code development platforms allow programmers and non-programmers alike to build beautiful, useful apps. Complete labs to learn new skills and earn the badge. No experience needed!
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No-code development platforms allow programmers and non-programmers alike to build beautiful, useful apps. Complete labs to learn new skills and earn the badge. No experience needed!
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Moving to the cloud can be scary. You don’t have to do it alone! Google Cloud partners are here to help. Join the challenge and get hands-on experience with how the partner ecosystem can help clear the creepy fog and light your way.
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Why celebrate Diwali with firecrackers when you can use Firebase? Learn how to import data into a Firestore database, create a build pipeline with Cloud Build to automate deployments, and build a Google Assistant application. Earn the badge for an arcade point and get one step closer to your swag goal. (OK fine, firecrackers are fun too.)
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Are you feeling the festive vibes? Add some Flutter to your flowers when you join this game. Get hands-on experience with Flutter - Google’s UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. Earn the badge for an arcade point and get one step closer to your swag goal. Bonus- You’ll also earn the Flutter Essentials badge!
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Complete the introductory Prepare Data for ML APIs on Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: cleaning data with Dataprep by Trifacta, running data pipelines in Dataflow, creating clusters and running Apache Spark jobs in Dataproc, and calling ML APIs including the Cloud Natural Language API, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API, and Video Intelligence API.
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Complete the intermediate Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: Configuring and building Docker container images.Creating and managing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters.Utilizing kubectl for efficient cluster management.Deploying Kubernetes applications with robust continuous delivery (CD) practices.
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Networking is a principle theme of cloud computing. It’s the underlying structure of Google Cloud, and it’s what connects all your resources and services to one another. This course will cover essential Google Cloud networking services and will give you hands-on practice with specialized tools for developing mature networks. From learning the ins-and-outs of VPCs, to creating enterprise-grade load balancers, Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network will give you the practical experience needed so you can start building robust networks right away.
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Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are today’s hot computing topics, but these fields are quite specialized and introductory material is hard to come by. Fortunately, Google Cloud provides user-friendly services in these areas, and with this introductory-level quest, so you can take your first steps with tools like Big Query, Cloud Speech API and Video Intelligence. Want extra help? 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for each lab.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Build a Secure Google Cloud Network skill badge course, where you will learn about multiple networking-related resources to build, scale, and secure your applications on Google Cloud.
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Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration system, and Google Kubernetes Engine was designed specifically to support managed Kubernetes deployments in Google Cloud. In this course, you will get hands-on practice configuring Docker images, containers, and deploying fully-fledged Kubernetes Engine applications.
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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud skill badge course, where you learn how to build and connect storage-centric cloud infrastructure using the basic capabilities of the following technologies: Cloud Storage, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Functions, and Pub/Sub.
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If you are a novice cloud developer looking for hands-on practice beyond Google Cloud Essentials, this course is for you. You will get practical experience through labs that dive into Cloud Storage and other key application services like Monitoring and Cloud Functions. You will develop valuable skills that are applicable to any Google Cloud initiative. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for these labs.
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Complete the introductory Implementing Cloud Load Balancing for Compute Engine skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and deploying virtual machines in Compute Engine and configuring network and application load balancers.
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In this introductory-level course, you get hands-on practice with the Google Cloud’s fundamental tools and services. Optional videos are provided to provide more context and review for the concepts covered in the labs. Google Cloud Essentials is a recommendeded first course for the Google Cloud learner - you can come in with little or no prior cloud knowledge, and come out with practical experience that you can apply to your first Google Cloud project. From writing Cloud Shell commands and deploying your first virtual machine, to running applications on Kubernetes Engine or with load balancing, Google Cloud Essentials is a prime introduction to the platform’s basic features.
New Year, New Skills: Red Challenge (A)
Earned Jan 17, 2023 EST
New Year, New Skills: Green Challenge (A)
Earned Jan 5, 2023 EST
Sports Data Challenge
Earned Dec 16, 2022 EST
No Code November 2022 - Apps Scripts
Earned Nov 8, 2022 EST
No code november 2022
Earned Nov 4, 2022 EDT
Halloween 2022 Challenge
Earned Oct 31, 2022 EDT
Diwali Game 4: Firecrackers and Firebase
Earned Oct 27, 2022 EDT
Diwali Game 3: Flowers and Flutter
Earned Oct 25, 2022 EDT
Prepare Data for ML APIs on Google Cloud
Earned May 15, 2022 EDT
Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud
Earned May 13, 2022 EDT
Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network
Earned May 12, 2022 EDT
Baseline: Data, ML, AI
Earned Apr 19, 2022 EDT
Build a Secure Google Cloud Network
Earned Apr 16, 2022 EDT
Kubernetes in Google Cloud
Earned Apr 14, 2022 EDT
DEPRECATED Cloud Architecture
Earned Apr 14, 2022 EDT
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud
Earned Apr 12, 2022 EDT
Baseline: Infrastructure
Earned Apr 9, 2022 EDT
Implementing Cloud Load Balancing for Compute Engine
Earned Apr 9, 2022 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials
Earned Apr 9, 2022 EDT