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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

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how you can test your functions before you deploy them in Azure and how you can monitor them when they are running in a serverless environment.

Unit testing is one of the ways that you can use to empower your code and its quality. Designing your code with unit testing in mind may seem like a waste of time, but when you have to manage projects that evolve quickly or with a long lifetime, the time you spend on unit testing is well spent.

After reading this chapter, you will able to design your Azure Functions so that they are unit testable. You will also be able to implement a set of unit tests to check that the behavior of your functions is as expected.

In the next chapter, you will see how to deploy and run your functions in a container.