What is Google Cloud Shell? What's remarkable about Cloud Shell?

Through Cloud Shell, you can manage your resources with built-in utilities such as gcloud command-line tools, kubectl. You can also develop, build, debug and deploy cloud-based applications cloud using Cloud Shell Editor online.

With Cloud Shell Editor, you'll be extremely productive with Google's streamlined workflows. The programming languages ​​that Cloud Shell Editor supports include Go, Java, Node.js, Python, and C#. In addition, you are supported by a built-in debugger, source control, refactoring, and a customizable interface.

During development, you can test the application in the Cloud Shell VM or in the Kubernetes minikube emulator that Google provides. You can preview the application right in the browser.

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With Cloud Shell, the command line tools that programmers love from bash and sh to emacs and vim are pre-installed and always up to date. Development and administration tools such as the command line tools gcloud, MySql, Kubernetes, Docker, minikube and Skaffold are preconfigured and ready to use. You do not need to install a new version, simply connect to Cloud Shell and use it.

Next, Google Cloud Shell has additional tools provided by the Cloud Code extension that make it easy to develop cloud-based applications.

In terms of storage, Cloud Shell provides users with a 5GB drive mounted as a single $HOME. All files you store in $HOME will persist between sessions.

If you are interested in Google Cloud Shell, you can access Google Cloud Shell here.

Wish you can develop many applications with Google Cloud Shell.

David Pac

Update 31 August 2021