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Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Praveen Kumar Sreeram, Marston
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Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Praveen Kumar Sreeram, Marston

Overview of this book

Microsoft provides a solution for easily running small segments of code in the cloud with Azure Functions. The second edition of Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook starts with intermediate-level recipes on serverless computing along with some use cases demonstrating the benefits and key features of Azure Functions. You’ll explore the core aspects of Azure Functions, such as the services it provides, how you can develop and write Azure Functions, and how to monitor and troubleshoot them. As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll get practical recipes on integrating DevOps with Azure Functions, and providing continuous integration and continuous deployment with Azure DevOps. This book also provides hands-on, step-by-step tutorials based on real-world serverless use cases to guide you through configuring and setting up your serverless environments with ease. You will also learn how to build solutions for complex, real-world, workflow-based scenarios quickly and with minimal code using Durable Functions. In the concluding chapters, you will ensure enterprise-level security within your serverless environment. The most common tips and tricks that you need to be aware of when working with Azure Functions on production environments will also be covered in this book. By the end of this book, you will have all the skills required for working with serverless code architecture, providing continuous delivery to your users.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Implementing defensive applications using Azure Functions and queue triggers

For many applications, even after performing multiple tests on different environments, there might still be unforeseen reasons that the application might fail. Developers and architects cannot predict all unexpected inputs throughout the lifespan of an application that's being used by business users or general end users. So, it's good practice to make sure that your application alerts you if there are any errors or unexpected issues with the applications.

In this recipe, you will learn how Azure Functions help us handle these kinds of issues with minimal code.

Getting ready

These are the required steps:

  1. Create a storage account using the...