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Training
Training and tutorials

In this lab you explore the basics of Go by deploying a simple Go app to Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and App Engine.

Training
Training and tutorials

Get started with Go (Golang) by reviewing Go code, and then creating and deploying simple Go apps on Google Cloud.

Use case
Use cases

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.

IAP App Engine

Use case
Use cases

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

App Engine Firestore

Use case
Use cases

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.

App Engine Pub/Sub Firestore

Code sample
Code Samples

This repository holds sample code written in Go that demonstrates Google Cloud.

Code sample
Code Samples

Search or browse all available Go code samples.

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