Course Overview
In this course, you learn about Cloud Spanner. You will get an introduction to Cloud Spanner and understand how it differs from other database products. You also learn when and how to use Cloud Spanner to solve your relational database needs at scale.
Who should attend
Database administrators, engineers/developers, and cloud architects who want to learn how to create, optimize, and manage Spanner databases and migrate existing databases into Spanner.
Prerequisites
Some prior Google Cloud experience at the fundamental level and experience with relational databases, the SQL language, and some programming are assumed.
Course Objectives
- Build scalable, managed, relational databases using Cloud Spanner
- Create and manage Cloud Spanner databases using the CLI, Terraform, Python API, and the Cloud Console
- Program and run queries and transactions using the Cloud Spanner API
- Integrate Cloud Spanner with applications