If someone were to ask me about the concept of ‘the cloud,’ I wouldn’t know how to answer. My imagination describes it as a collection of computers hovering in the sky. If you have experience in software development, you might know much more than I do. As a simple definition, the cloud ‘refers to a network of remote servers hosted on the internet that store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.’
Lo and behold, our capstone project involves the use of several cloud services!
While learning more about the cloud, I realized that the number of cloud services we use in our daily routines is mind-boggling. Google offers many of them, such as Google Drive and Google Maps, just to name a few. Our favorite shows are also hosted on cloud servers provided by Netflix.
Our capstone project centers around the idea of a crowd-sourced travel planner, so I spent the last few weeks learning about the services we required. We settled on using Google Cloud Platform, and I had absolutely zero idea about what that is. At first glance, the range of services that Google Cloud provides is astonishing and felt like I was drowning in technology. I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to wrap my head around what we need, such as a database of some sort and most likely Google Maps. Although our application is semi-functional, I’m more than delighted that we were able to incorporate those services.
Navigating through the behemoth that is Google Cloud Platform is quite an accomplishment for me. I’m happy that my curiosity drives me to find what I need regardless of obstacles. Looking ahead, I’m excited to learn more about the cloud in the upcoming quarter when I take the course on cloud application development!
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