Google Cloud Functions

Google Cloud Functions is a serverless compute service that executes arbitrary code. However, at this time Google Cloud Functions is a beta service that does not work with Python.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda is currently a good alternative until Google Cloud Functions supports Python.

The Google Cloud Functions service is an implementation of the serverless concept. Learn how these pieces fit together in the deployment chapter or view the table of contents for all topics.

Google Cloud Functions resources

Serverless Cost Calculator estimates the amount that AWS would charge based on Lambda exeuctions, average execution time and memory needed per execution.
Microsoft Azure Functions vs. Google Cloud Functions vs. AWS Lambda gives an overview of these three serverless cloud platforms and compares their current capabilities.
Getting Started With Google Cloud Functions and MongoDB explains how to connect a Google Cloud Function to a persistent MongoDB data store.
Running End to End tests as Google Cloud Functions provides the code and a walkthrough for running a headless Chrome instance in a serverless Cloud Function to perform browser-based tests.

What's next after Google Cloud Functions?

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1. Introduction 2. Development Environments 3. Data 4. Web Development 5. Deployment » Google Cloud Functions 6. DevOps Changelog What Full Stack Means About the Author Future Directions Page Statuses ...or view the full table of contents.

Google Cloud Functions