Why NoSQL on GCP matters - See It in Action

Why NoSQL on GCP Matters

📖 Scenario: You are working for a company that wants to store and manage large amounts of data that changes quickly. They want to use Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to build a system that can handle this data efficiently.

🎯 Goal: Build a simple GCP NoSQL database setup using Firestore to understand why NoSQL is important on GCP.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a Firestore database instance

Set a configuration variable for the database mode

Write a query to add data to the Firestore collection

Complete the Firestore setup with proper indexing

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

NoSQL databases like Firestore on GCP are used to store flexible, fast-changing data such as user profiles, chat messages, or product catalogs.

💼 Career

Understanding how to configure and use NoSQL databases on GCP is essential for cloud engineers and developers building scalable, responsive applications.

1

Create Firestore Database Instance

Create a variable called firestore_instance and set it to the string 'projects/my-project/databases/(default)' to represent the Firestore database instance path.

GCP

# Create a variable called firestore_instance with the Firestore database path
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a string to represent the Firestore database path exactly as shown.

2

Set Firestore Database Mode Configuration

Create a variable called database_mode and set it to the string 'native' to specify the Firestore database mode.

GCP

firestore_instance = 'projects/my-project/databases/(default)'
# Create a variable called database_mode and set it to 'native'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

The database mode should be set to 'native' as a string.

3

Add Data to Firestore Collection

Write a line of code that adds a dictionary {'name': 'Alice', 'age': 30} to a Firestore collection called users using a variable called add_user to represent this action.

GCP

firestore_instance = 'projects/my-project/databases/(default)'
database_mode = 'native'
# Create a variable add_user that adds {'name': 'Alice', 'age': 30} to the 'users' collection
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a dictionary with keys 'collection' and 'data' to represent adding data to Firestore.

4

Complete Firestore Setup with Indexing

Create a variable called index_config and set it to a dictionary with key 'fields' containing a list with one dictionary that has 'fieldPath' set to 'age' and 'order' set to 'ASCENDING' to represent Firestore indexing configuration.

GCP

firestore_instance = 'projects/my-project/databases/(default)'
database_mode = 'native'
add_user = {'collection': 'users', 'data': {'name': 'Alice', 'age': 30}}
# Create index_config dictionary for Firestore indexing on 'age' field
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a dictionary with a 'fields' key containing a list of dictionaries for indexing.