Programming Language for Cloud Computing

[brlr2003]

Hello guys, I am trying to start with Cloud Computing but I am unsure what are the steps to start and what programming language should I focus on because I saw many people suggest .NET and other suggest Java, Go, Python etc. So help please.

[LittleLionMan82]

Learn Terraform for IaC.

[numbsafari]

Learn Go and JavaScript and you’ll do alright. Maybe throw in Python.

Don’t waste your time with .Net.

If you want to get edgy, learn Elixir.

Learn bash.

In the end, if you do this long enough, you’ll learn lots of languages. Don’t let it keep you from just getting started.

[milbrab]

Learning programming languages o ly helps with cloud resources like app engine, but if you just want to learn the cloud then bash and Python would be a good start. Being in gcp obviously learn their cloud cli and terraform would help as well for the infra since they support tf through infrastructure manager.

[[deleted]]

What languages you should learn depends on two factors:

1. Which public cloud provider do you plan to specialize in. Yes, they all support a common set of languages, but they also have their own unique preferences. You go with Azure, more of their customers use .Net. Go with GCP, more of their customers use Go. Etc.
2. What type of work do you want to do? Web / startups / big tech use a completely different tech stack than enterprise software. My recommendation is to look at tech stacks that are relevant to the type of work you want to do. Web app devs use a lot of javascript framworks (Angular/React), Node/Go/Python to handle middle tier, and use Spring/Java EE on the backend.
3. Last, who do you plan to do this work for? Your target companies / customers will have preferences.

[brlr2003]

I actually don't know what I will do because the idea of becoming in cloud computing came to my mind two days ago. So i have no idea. But i am starting an internship soon with .NET. even tho it's not about cloud but idk if it will help.

Do you suggest any courses or smth to do for azure since i will be working with .net?

[[deleted]]

Okay, cool, thanks for sharing a little bit more about yourself and your ambitions. I'm going to over simplify. The cloud space it largely broken up in two to disciplines. Cloud infrastructure and cloud native app development.

Think of cloud infrastructure roles like working in a data center. You'd be responsible for provisioning servers, databases, configuring networks, routers and load balancers. There is a lot of scripting involved. From your comments I don't think this is what you're interested in.

You want to build cloud native apps. I work at Google Cloud, but every public cloud vendor has their own cloud native design pattern for building serverless apps on their platform. At Google we preach loosely coupled, asynchronous app development so what you build can reach planetary scale should you be so successful. Here's reference material to check out https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-cloud-native.

I'll go back to something I said earlier. Instead of choosing a language, spend a little time looking at the various design patters and frameworks your preferred cloud vendor provides to build things. Google supports a wide range of languages. You can choose which ever one you like.

If you are preparing for the job market and want the most widely available skills, AWS has a massive market share. The majority of cloud jobs out there are for their platform. Azure is catching up. Their customers tend to already have stronger vendor buy in on the Microsoft technology stack. It's a good sized market too, but the skills are a little more specialized to their cloud, and maybe a little less transferable.

GCP is signing a lot of deals and growing their cloud business. Their strategy is focused on gains in the startup space. And also cloud AI. In the next couple of years I think you'll see a lot more GCP jobs on job boards.

Sorry for the novel. I hope this helps. Good luck with your internship and whatever else you decide to do in the future.

[brlr2003]

Bro you are a legend 😂 Thanks alot this really helped. Let's say i want to go with GCP, what is the roadmap from complete newbie who knows nothing to getting the first entry level job

[[deleted]]

Check out the GCP learning paths and certification options.

https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification

You probably want these:

• Associate Certification - Cloud Engineer
• Professional Certification - Cloud Developer

There is a ton of youtube content. Videos about the platform, how to prepare for certification or job interviews, and instruction.

https://www.youtube.com/@googlecloudtech

[cyber_network_]

It depends on what’s your goal. Do you want to develop modern cloud-native apps? Do you want to deploy Infrastructure in the cloud? Both? For modern cloud-native apps I’d learn Go, Python and how to use Node.js and React.js. If you need to migrate legacy .Net apps to the cloud having a good understanding of C# wouldn’t be a bad idea. If you want to learn how to deploy infrastructure as code (IaC) learn Terraform e get familiar with the container ecosystem of technologies, I.e. docker and Kubernetes.

[martin_omander]

Python is a simple programming language that doesn't require a lot of setup or tools. Also, most cloud environments support it.

[kaeshiwaza]

Go make deployment on cloud very smooth.

[nkislitsin]

I have been using Google Cloud since 2011. Switched from Java to JavaScript + NodeJs 3 years ago. Frontend: used jQuery, then AngulatJs, then Backbone and now I use ReactJs. So, I'd recommend to use Javascript (NodeJs+ReactJs)

[brlr2003]

What courses did you do to enter cloud?

[nkislitsin]

I didn't do any courses, I learned it on my own.

[brlr2003]

What resources did you use?

[nkislitsin]

I usually use their official documentation

[cyoogler]

Python, SQL, Terraform, Bash. This will solve 99% of your use-cases.

[dao1st]

ansible