Cloud Computing Foundations

Cloud Computing Foundations

This course is part of Building Cloud Computing Solutions at Scale Specialization

Instructor: Noah Gift

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

284 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

4 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

96%

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There are 5 modules in this course

Welcome to the first course in the Building Cloud Computing Solutions at Scale Specialization! In this course, you will learn how to build foundational Cloud computing infrastructure, including websites involving serverless technology and virtual machines. You will also learn how to apply Agile software development techniques to projects which will be useful in building portfolio projects and global-scale Cloud infrastructures.

This week, you will learn how to access the free tiers of three Cloud environments. You will then have an opportunity to review the details of the final project in this course: Building a Hugo Static Website that is Continuously Deployed using AWS Code Build and AWS S3 Static Hosting. Each week, you will learn and build upon key Cloud development skills to prepare you for this final course project.

What's included

5 videos6 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

5 videos Total 9 minutes

Instructor Introduction 2 minutes
Course Introduction 2 minutes
Course Prerequisites 2 minutes
Lab Onboarding 2 minutes
Course 1 Project Overview 2 minutes

6 readings Total 75 minutes

Course Structure and Discussion Etiquette 10 minutes
AWS Cloud9 vs AWS CodeCatalyst 10 minutes
Getting Started and Course Gotchas 10 minutes
Report a problem with the course 5 minutes
Create a free account with AWS, Azure and GCP 30 minutes
Specialization Project Roadmap: Course 1 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Confirming Free Tier Cloud Accounts 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Introductions 10 minutes

Getting started with a good plan is the most challenging part of building software. Before we dive into the technical aspects of Cloud development, let's spend some time discussing strategies for effective technical communication. This week, you will learn strategies for expressing thoughts effectively in a technical forum in a digitally native way, constructing effective technical discussions that enhance discussions and provide reusable documentation and explaining successful techniques for teamwork in technical projects. You will apply this by creating a project plan for the Final Course Project. This project plan includes a spreadsheet, a GitHub project and a Trello board.

What's included

12 videos9 readings4 assignments4 discussion prompts2 ungraded labs

12 videos Total 51 minutes

Introduction to Technical Discussions 2 minutes
Technical Discussions with Markdown, GitHub and Jupyter/Colab 11 minutes
Creating Technical Demo Videos 2 minutes
Effective Critical Thinking 5 minutes
Effective Technical Triple Threat 3 minutes
Introduction to Effective Technical Teamwork 1 minute
Effective Technical Teamwork 6 minutes
Introduction to Technical Project Management 2 minutes
Effective Technical Project Management 5 minutes
Ticket Tracking with Trello 5 minutes
Project Planning with Spreadsheets 5 minutes
Project Management Anti-Patterns 5 minutes

9 readings Total 90 minutes

Key Terms 10 minutes
Effective Technical Discussions 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Key Terms 10 minutes
Lesson Reflections 10 minutes
Key Terms 10 minutes
Effective Technical Project Management 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Project Plan for Course 1 Project 10 minutes

4 assignments Total 110 minutes

Quiz-Effective Technical Project Management 30 minutes
Quiz-Effective Technical Teamwork 30 minutes
Quiz-Effective Technical Project Management 30 minutes
Effective Technical Communication Quiz 20 minutes

4 discussion prompts Total 90 minutes

Reproducible Technical Discussion 10 minutes
Team Performance Analysis 10 minutes
Agile vs. Waterfall Planning 10 minutes
Course 1 Project Plan 60 minutes

2 ungraded labs Total 120 minutes

Create Markdown in Jupyter 60 minutes
Unit Testing 60 minutes

This week, you will learn how to build continuous delivery pipelines and apply the essential practices of continuous integration in Cloud onboarding. These pipelines use both Cloud-native build servers as well as the popular 3rd party SaaS build server: GitHub Actions. Additionally you build Continuous Delivery Pipelines in multiple Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP).

What's included

18 videos15 readings4 assignments3 discussion prompts3 ungraded labs

18 videos Total 119 minutes

Introduction to AWS Cloud Development 5 minutes
Introduction to Continuous Integration 4 minutes
Cloud Development with AWS Cloud9 9 minutes
Constructing a Python Project Scaffold 19 minutes
Introduction to GitHub Actions 8 minutes
Setup Amazon CodeCatalyst 5 minutes
CodeWhisperer Natural Language to Bash CLI 4 minutes
Introduction to Azure Cloud Development 2 minutes
Introduction to Testing 5 minutes
Cloud Development with Azure Cloud Shell 4 minutes
Azure Cloud Shell Continuous Integration from Zero 12 minutes
Introduction to GCP Cloud Development 1 minute
Development Onboarding with GCP 8 minutes
Introduction to Continuous Delivery 5 minutes
Cloud Development with Google Cloud Shell 6 minutes
GCP Google App Engine Continuous Delivery from Zero 9 minutes
Microservices with GCP Cloud Run 5 minutes
Using Google Cloud Functions 7 minutes

15 readings Total 150 minutes

Cloud Onboarding with Amazon Web Services (AWS) 10 minutes
Key Terms 10 minutes
Review GitHub Actions GitHub Project 10 minutes
What is Amazon CodeCatalyst 10 minutes
What is CodeWhisperer? 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Key Terms 10 minutes
Cloud Onboarding for Azure 10 minutes
What is a Makefile and Why Do You Need it? 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Key Terms 10 minutes
Cloud Onboarding for GCP 10 minutes
GAE CD GitHub Source Code Walkthrough 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Multi-Cloud Continuous Integration 10 minutes

4 assignments Total 120 minutes

Quiz-Create an AWS Cloud Development Environment 30 minutes
Quiz-Create an Azure Cloud Development Environment 30 minutes
Quiz-Create a GCP Cloud Development Environment 30 minutes
Cloud Onboarding Quiz 30 minutes

3 discussion prompts Total 30 minutes

Pros and Cons of Cloud-based Development Environment 10 minutes
Strengths and Weaknesses of Testing 10 minutes
Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) 10 minutes

3 ungraded labs Total 180 minutes

Python Scaffold 60 minutes
Makefile Hello World 60 minutes
Python Flask Hello World 60 minutes

This week, you will learn about the different types of Cloud service models. These models include: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Serverless. You will apply this knowledge by building multiple types of websites: Static, serverless, virtualized and PaaS.

What's included

14 videos10 readings4 assignments3 discussion prompts1 ungraded lab

14 videos Total 71 minutes

Introduction to Cloud Computing 2 minutes
What is Cloud Computing? 3 minutes
Cloud Computing Service Models 5 minutes
Introduction to Building Multiple Websites 3 minutes
Building a Static S3 Website on AWS 6 minutes
Using AWS Lambda Console to Build Python Lambda Function 5 minutes
Building a Serverless Website on AWS Lambda 6 minutes
Building a Website on an EC2 Virtual Machine 10 minutes
Building a Website using PaaS with AWS Beanstalk 12 minutes
Static Websites with Zola 3 minutes
Customizing Zola Theme 4 minutes
Introduction to Cloud Computing Economics 2 minutes
Cloud Computing Economics: A Story 2 minutes
Cloud Economics Deep Dive 9 minutes

10 readings Total 100 minutes

Key Terms 10 minutes
Cloud Computing Service Models 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Key Terms 10 minutes
AWS Lambda Console Gotchas 10 minutes
Building Multiple Types of Websites 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Key Terms 10 minutes
Lesson Reflection 10 minutes
Continuous Delivery with AWS Elastic Beanstalk 10 minutes

4 assignments Total 120 minutes

Quiz-Cloud Computing Service Models 30 minutes
Quiz-Build Multiple Websites: Static, Serverless, Virtualized, PaaS 30 minutes
Quiz-Case Studies of Cloud Computing Economics 30 minutes
Cloud Service Model Quiz 30 minutes

3 discussion prompts Total 30 minutes

Cloud Service Model 10 minutes
Serverless Web Applications 10 minutes
Economics of Cloud Computing 10 minutes

1 ungraded lab Total 60 minutes

Zola Static Site 60 minutes

This week, you will learn DevOps and how to apply the principles of DevOps to projects you work on. Then, you will examine the shared practices of software development and IT operations using DevOps. Finally, you will utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage Cloud Infrastructure and develop continuous delivery pipelines.