diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index d08d98456..ddbdfe696 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 *               @googleapis/yoshi-python
 
 
-/samples/   @googleapis/python-samples-owners
\ No newline at end of file
+/samples/   @m-strzelczyk @googleapis/python-samples-owners
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index afc0cdfb1..cefabb377 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -182,6 +182,30 @@ Build the docs via:
 
    $ nox -s docs
 
+*************************
+Samples and code snippets
+*************************
+
+Code samples and snippets live in the `samples/` catalogue. Feel free to
+provide more examples, but make sure to write tests for those examples.
+Each folder containing example code requires its own `noxfile.py` script
+which automates testing. If you decide to create a new folder, you can
+base it on the `samples/snippets` folder (providing `noxfile.py` and
+the requirements files).
+
+The tests will run against a real Google Cloud Project, so you should
+configure them just like the System Tests.
+
+- To run sample tests, you can execute::
+
+   # Run all tests in a folder
+   $ cd samples/snippets
+   $ nox -s py-3.8
+
+   # Run a single sample test
+   $ cd samples/snippets
+   $ nox -s py-3.8 -- -k <name of test>
+
 ********************************************
 Note About ``README`` as it pertains to PyPI
 ********************************************
diff --git a/samples/snippets/README.md b/samples/snippets/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..966f4dfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# google-cloud-compute library samples
+
+These samples demonstrate usage of the google-cloud-compute library to interact
+with the Google Compute Engine API.
+
+## Running the quickstart script
+
+### Before you begin
+
+1. If you haven't already, set up a Python Development Environment by following the [python setup guide](https://cloud.google.com/python/setup) and 
+[create a project](https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#creating_a_project).
+
+1. Use `gcloud auth application-default login` to allow the script to authenticate using
+your credentials to the Google Cloud APIs.
+
+### Install requirements
+
+Create a new virtual environment and install the required libraries.
+```bash
+virtualenv --python python3 name-of-your-virtualenv
+source name-of-your-virtualenv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+### Run the demo
+
+Run the quickstart script, it will create and destroy a `n1-standard-1` 
+type machine in the `europe-central2-b` zone.
+```bash
+python quickstart.py
+```
diff --git a/samples/snippets/noxfile.py b/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ff9e1db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/noxfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional
+
+import nox
+
+
+# WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
+# WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
+#           DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE EVER!
+# WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
+# WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
+
+# Copy `noxfile_config.py` to your directory and modify it instead.
+
+
+# `TEST_CONFIG` dict is a configuration hook that allows users to
+# modify the test configurations. The values here should be in sync
+# with `noxfile_config.py`. Users will copy `noxfile_config.py` into
+# their directory and modify it.
+
+TEST_CONFIG = {
+    # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
+    'ignored_versions': ["2.7"],
+
+    # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
+    # All new samples should feature them
+    'enforce_type_hints': False,
+
+    # An envvar key for determining the project id to use. Change it
+    # to 'BUILD_SPECIFIC_GCLOUD_PROJECT' if you want to opt in using a
+    # build specific Cloud project. You can also use your own string
+    # to use your own Cloud project.
+    'gcloud_project_env': 'GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT',
+    # 'gcloud_project_env': 'BUILD_SPECIFIC_GCLOUD_PROJECT',
+    # If you need to use a specific version of pip,
+    # change pip_version_override to the string representation
+    # of the version number, for example, "20.2.4"
+    "pip_version_override": None,
+    # A dictionary you want to inject into your test. Don't put any
+    # secrets here. These values will override predefined values.
+    'envs': {},
+}
+
+
+try:
+    # Ensure we can import noxfile_config in the project's directory.
+    sys.path.append('.')
+    from noxfile_config import TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE
+except ImportError as e:
+    print("No user noxfile_config found: detail: {}".format(e))
+    TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {}
+
+# Update the TEST_CONFIG with the user supplied values.
+TEST_CONFIG.update(TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE)
+
+
+def get_pytest_env_vars() -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Returns a dict for pytest invocation."""
+    ret = {}
+
+    # Override the GCLOUD_PROJECT and the alias.
+    env_key = TEST_CONFIG['gcloud_project_env']
+    # This should error out if not set.
+    ret['GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT'] = os.environ[env_key]
+
+    # Apply user supplied envs.
+    ret.update(TEST_CONFIG['envs'])
+    return ret
+
+
+# DO NOT EDIT - automatically generated.
+# All versions used to tested samples.
+ALL_VERSIONS = ["2.7", "3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9"]
+
+# Any default versions that should be ignored.
+IGNORED_VERSIONS = TEST_CONFIG['ignored_versions']
+
+TESTED_VERSIONS = sorted([v for v in ALL_VERSIONS if v not in IGNORED_VERSIONS])
+
+INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE = bool(os.environ.get("INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE", False))
+#
+# Style Checks
+#
+
+
+def _determine_local_import_names(start_dir: str) -> List[str]:
+    """Determines all import names that should be considered "local".
+
+    This is used when running the linter to insure that import order is
+    properly checked.
+    """
+    file_ext_pairs = [os.path.splitext(path) for path in os.listdir(start_dir)]
+    return [
+        basename
+        for basename, extension in file_ext_pairs
+        if extension == ".py"
+        or os.path.isdir(os.path.join(start_dir, basename))
+        and basename not in ("__pycache__")
+    ]
+
+
+# Linting with flake8.
+#
+# We ignore the following rules:
+#   E203: whitespace before ‘:’
+#   E266: too many leading ‘#’ for block comment
+#   E501: line too long
+#   I202: Additional newline in a section of imports
+#
+# We also need to specify the rules which are ignored by default:
+# ['E226', 'W504', 'E126', 'E123', 'W503', 'E24', 'E704', 'E121']
+FLAKE8_COMMON_ARGS = [
+    "--show-source",
+    "--builtin=gettext",
+    "--max-complexity=20",
+    "--import-order-style=google",
+    "--exclude=.nox,.cache,env,lib,generated_pb2,*_pb2.py,*_pb2_grpc.py",
+    "--ignore=E121,E123,E126,E203,E226,E24,E266,E501,E704,W503,W504,I202",
+    "--max-line-length=88",
+]
+
+
+@nox.session
+def lint(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
+    if not TEST_CONFIG['enforce_type_hints']:
+        session.install("flake8", "flake8-import-order")
+    else:
+        session.install("flake8", "flake8-import-order", "flake8-annotations")
+
+    local_names = _determine_local_import_names(".")
+    args = FLAKE8_COMMON_ARGS + [
+        "--application-import-names",
+        ",".join(local_names),
+        "."
+    ]
+    session.run("flake8", *args)
+#
+# Black
+#
+
+
+@nox.session
+def blacken(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
+    session.install("black")
+    python_files = [path for path in os.listdir(".") if path.endswith(".py")]
+
+    session.run("black", *python_files)
+
+#
+# Sample Tests
+#
+
+
+PYTEST_COMMON_ARGS = ["--junitxml=sponge_log.xml"]
+
+
+def _session_tests(session: nox.sessions.Session, post_install: Callable = None) -> None:
+    if TEST_CONFIG["pip_version_override"]:
+        pip_version = TEST_CONFIG["pip_version_override"]
+        session.install(f"pip=={pip_version}")
+    """Runs py.test for a particular project."""
+    if os.path.exists("requirements.txt"):
+        if os.path.exists("constraints.txt"):
+            session.install("-r", "requirements.txt", "-c", "constraints.txt")
+        else:
+            session.install("-r", "requirements.txt")
+
+    if os.path.exists("requirements-test.txt"):
+        if os.path.exists("constraints-test.txt"):
+            session.install("-r", "requirements-test.txt", "-c", "constraints-test.txt")
+        else:
+            session.install("-r", "requirements-test.txt")
+
+    if INSTALL_LIBRARY_FROM_SOURCE:
+        session.install("-e", _get_repo_root())
+
+    if post_install:
+        post_install(session)
+
+    session.run(
+        "pytest",
+        *(PYTEST_COMMON_ARGS + session.posargs),
+        # Pytest will return 5 when no tests are collected. This can happen
+        # on travis where slow and flaky tests are excluded.
+        # See http://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/_modules/_pytest/main.html
+        success_codes=[0, 5],
+        env=get_pytest_env_vars()
+    )
+
+
+@nox.session(python=ALL_VERSIONS)
+def py(session: nox.sessions.Session) -> None:
+    """Runs py.test for a sample using the specified version of Python."""
+    if session.python in TESTED_VERSIONS:
+        _session_tests(session)
+    else:
+        session.skip("SKIPPED: {} tests are disabled for this sample.".format(
+            session.python
+        ))
+
+
+#
+# Readmegen
+#
+
+
+def _get_repo_root() -> Optional[str]:
+    """ Returns the root folder of the project. """
+    # Get root of this repository. Assume we don't have directories nested deeper than 10 items.
+    p = Path(os.getcwd())
+    for i in range(10):
+        if p is None:
+            break
+        if Path(p / ".git").exists():
+            return str(p)
+        # .git is not available in repos cloned via Cloud Build
+        # setup.py is always in the library's root, so use that instead
+        # https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool/issues/792
+        if Path(p / "setup.py").exists():
+            return str(p)
+        p = p.parent
+    raise Exception("Unable to detect repository root.")
+
+
+GENERATED_READMES = sorted([x for x in Path(".").rglob("*.rst.in")])
+
+
+@nox.session
+@nox.parametrize("path", GENERATED_READMES)
+def readmegen(session: nox.sessions.Session, path: str) -> None:
+    """(Re-)generates the readme for a sample."""
+    session.install("jinja2", "pyyaml")
+    dir_ = os.path.dirname(path)
+
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(dir_, "requirements.txt")):
+        session.install("-r", os.path.join(dir_, "requirements.txt"))
+
+    in_file = os.path.join(dir_, "README.rst.in")
+    session.run(
+        "python", _get_repo_root() + "/scripts/readme-gen/readme_gen.py", in_file
+    )
diff --git a/samples/snippets/quickstart.py b/samples/snippets/quickstart.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..478a5f707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/quickstart.py
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""
+A sample script showing how to create, list and delete Google Compute Engine
+instances using the google-cloud-compute library. It can be run from command
+line to create, list and delete an instance in a given project in a given zone.
+"""
+
+# [START compute_instances_create]
+# [START compute_instances_delete]
+import sys
+
+# [START compute_instances_list]
+# [START compute_instances_list_all]
+# [START compute_instances_operation_check]
+import typing
+
+import google.cloud.compute_v1 as compute_v1
+
+# [END compute_instances_operation_check]
+# [END compute_instances_list_all]
+# [END compute_instances_list]
+# [END compute_instances_delete]
+# [END compute_instances_create]
+
+
+# [START compute_instances_list]
+def list_instances(project_id: str, zone: str) -> typing.Iterable[compute_v1.Instance]:
+    """
+    Gets a list of instances created in given project in given zone.
+    Returns an iterable collection of Instance objects.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: ID or number of the project you want to use.
+        zone: Name of the zone you want to check, for example: us-west3-b
+
+    Returns:
+        An iterable collection of Instance objects.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+    instance_list = instance_client.list(project=project_id, zone=zone)
+
+    print(f"Instances found in zone {zone}:")
+    for instance in instance_list:
+        print(f" - {instance.name} ({instance.machine_type})")
+
+    return instance_list
+
+
+# [END compute_instances_list]
+
+# [START compute_instances_list_all]
+def list_all_instances(
+    project_id: str,
+) -> typing.Dict[str, typing.Iterable[compute_v1.Instance]]:
+    """
+    Returns a dictionary of all instances present in a project, grouped by their zone.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: ID or number of the project you want to use.
+
+    Returns:
+        A dictionary with zone names as keys (in form of "zones/{zone_name}") and
+        iterable collections of Instance objects as values.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+    agg_list = instance_client.aggregated_list(project=project_id)
+    all_instances = {}
+    print("Instances found:")
+    for zone, response in agg_list:
+        if response.instances:
+            all_instances[zone] = response.instances
+            print(f" {zone}:")
+            for instance in response.instances:
+                print(f" - {instance.name} ({instance.machine_type})")
+    return all_instances
+
+
+# [END compute_instances_list_all]
+
+
+# [START compute_instances_create]
+def create_instance(
+    project_id: str,
+    zone: str,
+    instance_name: str,
+    machine_type: str = "n1-standard-1",
+    source_image: str = "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-10",
+    network_name: str = "global/networks/default",
+) -> compute_v1.Instance:
+    """
+    Sends an instance creation request to GCP and waits for it to complete.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: ID or number of the project you want to use.
+        zone: Name of the zone you want to use, for example: us-west3-b
+        instance_name: Name of the new machine.
+        machine_type: Machine type you want to create in following format:
+            "zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{type_name}". For example:
+            "zones/europe-west3-c/machineTypes/f1-micro"
+            You can find the list of available machine types using:
+            https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/machine-types/list
+        source_image: Path the the disk image you want to use for your boot
+            disk. This can be one of the public images
+            (e.g. "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-10")
+            or a private image you have access to.
+            You can check the list of available public images using:
+            $ gcloud compute images list
+        network_name: Name of the network you want the new instance to use.
+            For example: global/networks/default - if you want to use the
+            default network.
+
+    Returns:
+        Instance object.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+
+    # Every machine requires at least one persistent disk
+    disk = compute_v1.AttachedDisk()
+    initialize_params = compute_v1.AttachedDiskInitializeParams()
+    initialize_params.source_image = (
+        source_image  # "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-10"
+    )
+    initialize_params.disk_size_gb = "10"
+    disk.initialize_params = initialize_params
+    disk.auto_delete = True
+    disk.boot = True
+    disk.type_ = compute_v1.AttachedDisk.Type.PERSISTENT
+
+    # Every machine needs to be connected to a VPC network.
+    # The 'default' network is created automatically in every project.
+    network_interface = compute_v1.NetworkInterface()
+    network_interface.name = network_name
+
+    # Collecting all the information into the Instance object
+    instance = compute_v1.Instance()
+    instance.name = instance_name
+    instance.disks = [disk]
+    full_machine_type_name = f"zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{machine_type}"
+    instance.machine_type = full_machine_type_name
+    instance.network_interfaces = [network_interface]
+
+    # Preparing the InsertInstanceRequest
+    request = compute_v1.InsertInstanceRequest()
+    request.zone = zone
+    request.project = project_id
+    request.instance_resource = instance
+
+    print(f"Creating the {instance_name} instance in {zone}...")
+    operation = instance_client.insert(request=request)
+    if operation.status == compute_v1.Operation.Status.RUNNING:
+        operation_client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
+        operation = operation_client.wait(
+            operation=operation.name, zone=zone, project=project_id
+        )
+    if operation.error:
+        print("Error during creation:", operation.error, file=sys.stderr)
+    if operation.warnings:
+        print("Warning during creation:", operation.warnings, file=sys.stderr)
+    print(f"Instance {instance_name} created.")
+    return instance
+
+
+# [END compute_instances_create]
+
+
+# [START compute_instances_delete]
+def delete_instance(project_id: str, zone: str, machine_name: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Sends a delete request to GCP and waits for it to complete.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: ID or number of the project you want to use.
+        zone: Name of the zone you want to use, for example: us-west3-b
+        machine_name: Name of the machine you want to delete.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+
+    print(f"Deleting {machine_name} from {zone}...")
+    operation = instance_client.delete(
+        project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=machine_name
+    )
+    if operation.status == compute_v1.Operation.Status.RUNNING:
+        operation_client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
+        operation = operation_client.wait(
+            operation=operation.name, zone=zone, project=project_id
+        )
+    if operation.error:
+        print("Error during deletion:", operation.error, file=sys.stderr)
+    if operation.warnings:
+        print("Warning during deletion:", operation.warnings, file=sys.stderr)
+    print(f"Instance {machine_name} deleted.")
+    return
+
+
+# [END compute_instances_delete]
+
+
+# [START compute_instances_operation_check]
+def wait_for_operation(
+    operation: compute_v1.Operation, project_id: str
+) -> compute_v1.Operation:
+    """
+    This method waits for an operation to be completed. Calling this function
+    will block until the operation is finished.
+
+    Args:
+        operation: The Operation object representing the operation you want to
+            wait on.
+        project_id: ID or number of the project owning the operation.
+
+    Returns:
+        Finished Operation object.
+    """
+    kwargs = {"project": project_id, "operation": operation.name}
+    if operation.zone:
+        client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
+        # Operation.zone is a full URL address of a zone, so we need to extract just the name
+        kwargs["zone"] = operation.zone.rsplit("/", maxsplit=1)[1]
+    elif operation.region:
+        client = compute_v1.RegionOperationsClient()
+        # Operation.region is a full URL address of a zone, so we need to extract just the name
+        kwargs["region"] = operation.region.rsplit("/", maxsplit=1)[1]
+    else:
+        client = compute_v1.GlobalOperationsClient()
+    return client.wait(**kwargs)
+
+
+# [END compute_instances_operation_check]
+
+
+def main(project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str) -> None:
+
+    create_instance(project_id, zone, instance_name)
+
+    zone_instances = list_instances(project_id, zone)
+    print(f"Instances found in {zone}:", ", ".join(i.name for i in zone_instances))
+
+    all_instances = list_all_instances(project_id)
+    print(f"Instances found in project {project_id}:")
+    for i_zone, instances in all_instances.items():
+        print(f"{i_zone}:", ", ".join(i.name for i in instances))
+
+    delete_instance(project_id, zone, instance_name)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import uuid
+    import google.auth
+    import google.auth.exceptions
+
+    try:
+        default_project_id = google.auth.default()[1]
+    except google.auth.exceptions.DefaultCredentialsError:
+        print(
+            "Please use `gcloud auth application-default login` "
+            "or set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to use this script."
+        )
+    else:
+        instance_name = "quickstart-" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
+        instance_zone = "europe-central2-b"
+        main(default_project_id, instance_zone, instance_name)
diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11b890fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pytest==6.2.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a2294e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+google-cloud-compute==0.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/snippets/test_quickstart.py b/samples/snippets/test_quickstart.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91a2d3642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/test_quickstart.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import re
+import typing
+import uuid
+
+import google.auth
+
+from samples.snippets.quickstart import main
+
+PROJECT = google.auth.default()[1]
+INSTANCE_NAME = "i" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
+INSTANCE_ZONE = "europe-central2-b"
+
+
+def test_main(capsys: typing.Any) -> None:
+    main(PROJECT, INSTANCE_ZONE, INSTANCE_NAME)
+
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+
+    assert f"Instance {INSTANCE_NAME} created." in out
+    assert re.search(f"Instances found in {INSTANCE_ZONE}:.+{INSTANCE_NAME}", out)
+    assert re.search(f"zones/{INSTANCE_ZONE}:.+{INSTANCE_NAME}", out)
+    assert f"Instance {INSTANCE_NAME} deleted." in out
diff --git a/synth.py b/synth.py
index 4810b32ae..5fa5546df 100644
--- a/synth.py
+++ b/synth.py
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
   templated_files, excludes=[".coveragerc"] # the microgenerator has a good coveragerc file
 )
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Samples templates
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+python.py_samples()
+
 # Don't treat docs warnings as errors
 # A few errors like:
 # docstring of google.cloud.compute_v1.types.compute.InterconnectOutageNotification:31: WARNING: Unknown target name: "it".