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Learning Azure Functions

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Learning Azure Functions

Overview of this book

Functions help you easily run small pieces of code in cloud with Azure functions without worrying about a whole application or the infrastructure to run it. With Azure functions, you can use triggers to execute your code and bindings to simplify the input and output of your code. This book will start with the basics of Azure Functions. You will learn the steps to set up the environment and the tools that we will be using in the further chapters. Once you have a better understanding of this, we will be creating our first hello world function app. Later you will be introduced to triggers, how they are used to activate a function, and how binding can be used to output results of a function.You will also explore the steps to create an assembly with complex functionality that can be used by functions. Next, this book will teach you to scale your functions and use them to process data, integrate systems, and build simple APIs and microservices. Finally, this book will cover some diagnostic techniques with Azure App services and best practices of working with Azure Functions. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the techniques of scaling your Azure functions and making the most of serverless architecture.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Dedication
Preface

Chapter 2. First Function App - Anatomy and Structure of a Function App

"Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open."

- Pauline Kael

There is always a first time for everything. Here in this chapter, we will take one scenario and then we will try to complete the scenario with Azure Functions so that we can understand how Azure Functions work, and the different resources of Microsoft Azure that are involved in the whole scenario.

In this chapter, we will focus on creating our first Azure Function. We will create an Azure Function App and then we will create an Azure Function with triggers and output bindings.

We will also troubleshoot if we find any issues in the Azure Function. One of the most important things in Azure App Services or Azure Functions is the Kudu editor.

We will go through in detail about the...