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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

Google Cloud ML APIs

The Google Cloud ML APIs are a set of ML API services that provides pre-trained models and tools for developers and data scientists to build custom ML models and ML applications. Figure 10.8 shows a diagram of the Cloud ML APIs that we will cover next:

Figure 10.8 – Google Cloud ML APIs

Figure 10.8 – Google Cloud ML APIs

Sight API

Google Cloud Sight API includes Cloud Vision API and Cloud Video API. The former analyzes static images and the latter learns from videos.

Cloud Vision API

Google Cloud Vision API is a cloud-based image analysis tool that helps developers to build applications that can understand the content of images, leveraging pre-trained computer vision models. Here are some key features of Cloud Vision API:

  • Label detection: It helps to identify objects and the context within an image
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR): It detects and extracts text from images
  • Face detection: It detects faces and facial features within...