Google Universal Analytics Essential Training (2020)

With Google App Engine, you can develop scalable web applications on Google's infrastructure—the world's largest and most robust—at little or no cost. Joseph Lowery shows you how to set up your first project with Google App Engine using PHP or Python. He'll take you through each step involved in coding, styling, and deploying your app. Plus, you'll learn how to integrate with Google Cloud services and third-party frameworks as well as manage crucial account settings like billing and load balancing options.

In Google SketchUp 8 Essential Training, author George Maestri explains how to model and render 3D objects and scenes using Google SketchUp 8. The course covers the fundamentals of the application, from navigating the user interface, manipulating objects, and building basic shapes to importing objects from Google Earth, animating a scene, and modeling organic terrain using the Sandbox tools. The course also explores SketchUp Pro features, which are available as an upgrade. These include tools for creating dynamic components and adding interactivity, as well as sophisticated importing and exporting options for working with outside applications. Exercise files accompany the course.

Cloud computing applications are becoming an integral part of personal and professional computer use. In Google Apps: Docs Essential Training, Susan Cline shows how this web-based application allows users to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms that are stored online and accessible from any computer. She demonstrates how Google Docs makes
managing multiple copies of a document worry-free, because every version is stored securely online in the Doc List. She also describes how to grant viewing and editing rights, and then easily publish and share documents with anyone.