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Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

By : Lorenzo Barbieri, Massimo Bonanni
Book Image

Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

By: Lorenzo Barbieri, Massimo Bonanni

Overview of this book

Application development has evolved from traditional monolithic app development to using serverless options and microservices. This book is designed to guide you through using Microsoft's Azure Functions to process data, integrate systems, and build simple APIs and microservices. You will discover how to apply serverless computing to speed up deployment and reduce downtime. You'll also explore Azure Functions, including its core functionalities and essential tools, along with understanding how to debug and even customize Azure Functions. In addition to this, the book will take you through how you can effectively implement DevOps and automation in your working environment. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll cover some quick tips, troubleshooting techniques, and real-world serverless use cases that will help you make the most of serverless computing. By the end of this book, you will have gained the skills you need to develop and deliver cost-effective Azure serverless solutions.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Azure Functions 2.0 Fundamentals
5
Section 2: Azure Functions 2.0 Deployment and Automation
10
Section 3: Serverless Orchestration, API Management, and Event Processing
15
Section 4: Real-World Serverless Use Cases

Developing Azure Functions with Visual Studio

Since 2002, Visual Studio has been the most important IDE for developing solutions with .NET Framework and it is an important tool to use to implement and test your Azure Functions.

In this book, we will always refer to Visual Studio 2019 but most of the operations we will perform on that version can be done on Visual Studio 2017 (Visual Studio 2017 is the oldest version of Visual Studio that supports Azure Functions development).

Visual Studio 2019 allows you to create an Azure Functions project:

  1. Simply choose the File | New | Project menu:
  1. This menu option opens the Visual Studio project type window where you can choose the Azure Functions project type:

If you don't have the Azure Functions template in the project types list, you probably didn't install the Azure development workload. In this case, you can use the...