My discussion titled "Google Cloud Platform-the basics for beginners' is aimed at novices/beginners in tech and anybody in general who is interested in Cloud Computing with a focus on Google Cloud Platform but is not certain in the overall concepts of cloud computing. This discussion introduces four major options when deciding to employ Google Cloud Platform: Google Compute Engine, Google App Engine, the Kubernetes Engine and Google Cloud Functions. In the process of the discussion a step by step walk through on creating a virtual Machine (Compute Engine) will be done and a basic dummy webpage will be designed to give attendees a feel of writing codes and previewing in a browser on Google Cloud Platform.