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Training and tutorials

Deploy Node.js application to Cloud Run

In this lab, you will learn how to to connect to computing resources hosted on Google Cloud via the web.

Training
Training and tutorials

Running a Node.js Container on Google Kubernetes Engine

In this lab, you will learn how to launch a container and how to launch replicas of that container on Google Kubernetes Engine.

Use case
Use cases

Authenticating users

Apps running on Google Cloud managed platforms such as App Engine can avoid managing user authentication and session management by using Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) to control access to them.

IAPApp Engine

Use case
Use cases

Handling sessions

Many apps need session handling for authentication and user preferences. This tutorial shows how to handle sessions on Cloud Run.

Cloud RunFirestore

Use case
Use cases

Background processing

Many apps need to do background processing outside of the context of a web request. This tutorial creates a web app that lets users input text to translate, and then displays a list of previous translations.

Cloud RunPub/SubFirestore

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Code Samples

Getting started with Node.js samples

A set of simple Node.js samples to help you get started.

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Code Samples

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