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Getting Started with Azure Functions [Video]

By : Paul Oliver
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Getting Started with Azure Functions [Video]

By: Paul Oliver

Overview of this book

With Azure Functions, you can easily run small pieces of code in the cloud without worrying about a whole application or the infrastructure to run it. Azure Functions, can be used with triggers to execute your code and bindings to simplify the input and output of your code. This tutorial starts with the basics of Azure Functions and then shows you how to create functions such as WebHooks, Azure Connected, and event processing. Moving ahead, the course demonstrates how to develop, manage, deploy, and monitor your Azure functions in almost any language such as C#, F#, Node.js, Python, PHP, as well as scripting options such as Bash, Batch, and PowerShell. Next, you'll see how to scale your functions and use them to process data, integrate systems, and build simple APIs and microservices. Finally, we'll cover some diagnostic techniques with Azure App Services and the best practices of working with Azure Functions. By the end of this tutorial, you will be well-versed with the techniques of scaling your Azure Functions and making the most of the serverless architecture. All the resource files are added to the GitHub repository at: https://github.com/packtpublishing/getting-started-with-azure-functions
Table of Contents (7 chapters)
Chapter 6
Testing and Monitoring Your Azure Functions
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Section 2
Using the Postman REST Client
Calling a sophisticated REST endpoint is hard to set up with your browser or with an integration test. But there is a free tool that makes it super easy. It’s called Postman. How to use the Postman tool? - Show how to set up a collection with REST calls in it for your function app - Use environment variables and create several calls to the function - Set up test cases and use the rest runner