Introductory 13 Steps 8h 5m 12 Credits
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, GCP provides user-friendly services in these areas and Qwiklabs has you covered with this introductory-level quest, so you can take your first steps with tools like Big Query, Cloud Speech API, and Cloud ML Engine. Want extra help? 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for each lab.
Prerequisites
This Quest builds on a basic understanding of the Google Cloud Platform, the Console and its Services. It is recommended that the student have earned a Badge by completing the hands-on labs in the GCP Essentials Quest before beginning.Quest Outline
Introduction to SQL for BigQuery and Cloud SQL
In this lab you will learn fundamental SQL clauses and will get hands on practice running structured queries on BigQuery and Cloud SQL.
BigQuery: Qwik Start - Console
This lab shows you how to query public tables and load sample data into BigQuery using the Web UI. Watch the short videos Get Meaningful Insights with Google BigQuery and BigQuery: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.
BigQuery: Qwik Start - Command Line
This hands-on lab shows you how to query public tables and load sample data into BigQuery using the Command Line Interface. Watch the short videos Get Meaningful Insights with Google BigQuery and BigQuery: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.
Bigtable: Qwik Start - Command Line
Cloud Bigtable is Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail. In this lab you'll use Bigtable with the cbt command line. Watch the short videos Bigtable: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview and Handle Massive Workloads with Cloud Bigtable Database Service.
Bigtable: Qwik Start - Hbase Shell
This hands-on lab will show you how to use the HBase shell to connect to a Cloud Bigtable instance. Watch the short video Bigtable: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.
Cloud Natural Language API: Qwik Start
The Cloud Natural Language API lets you extract entities and perform sentiment and syntactic analysis on text. Watch these short videos Gain Valuable Insights from Text with Cloud Natural Language and Cloud Natural Language: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.
Google Cloud Speech API: Qwik Start
The Google Cloud Speech API integrates speech recognition into dev apps; you can now send audio/receive a text transcription. Watch these short videos Powerful Speech Recognition Using Google Machine Learning and Google Cloud Speech: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview
Dataproc: Qwik Start - Console
This lab shows you how to create a Google Cloud Dataproc cluster, run a simple Apache Spark job in the cluster, then modify the number of workers in the cluster, all from the gcloud Command Line. Watch these short videos, Dataproc: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview and Run Spark and Hadoop Faster with Cloud Dataproc.
Dataproc: Qwik Start - Command Line
This lab shows you how to create a Google Cloud Dataproc cluster, run a simple Apache Spark job in the cluster, then modify the number of workers in the cluster, all from the gcloud Command Line. Watch these short videos, Dataproc: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview and Run Spark and Hadoop Faster with Cloud Dataproc.
Dataprep: Qwik Start
Google Cloud Dataprep is an intelligent data service for visually exploring, cleaning, and preparing data for analysis. Watch the short video Dataprep: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.
Google Cloud Datalab: Qwik Start
Cloud Datalab is an interactive data analysis and machine learning environment designed for GCP. You can use it to explore, analyze, transform, and visualize your data interactively and to build machine learning models from your data.
Cloud ML Engine: Qwik Start
In this lab you train and deploy a TensorFlow model to Cloud ML Engine for serving (prediction). Watch these short videos Harness the Power of Machine Learning with Cloud ML Engine and Cloud ML Engine: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.
Data Studio: Qwik Start
Data Studio lets you create dynamic, visually compelling reports and dashboards. Watch the short video Data Studio: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.
Google Genomics: Qwik Start
Google Genomics is at the forefront of organizing the world's genomic information. In this lab, you will use Google's implementation of htsget and SAM Tools—popular APIs in the big genome data field to analyze large files of genomic data. Watch these short videos Google Genomics: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview and Helping to Organize the World's Genomic Information with Google Genomics.
Dataflow: Qwik Start - Templates
This page shows you how to create a streaming pipeline using a Google-Provided Cloud Dataflow template.
Dataflow: Qwik Start - Python
In this lab you will set up your Python development environment, get the Cloud Dataflow SDK for Python, and run an example pipeline using the Google Cloud Platform Console.
Cloud Filestore: Qwik Start
Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service for applications that require a filesystem interface and a shared filesystem for data. Filestore gives users a simple, native experience for standing up managed Network Attached Storage (NAS) with their Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine instances.
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