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Hands-On Azure for Developers

You're reading from   Hands-On Azure for Developers Implement rich Azure PaaS ecosystems using containers, serverless services, and storage solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789340624
Length 606 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kamil Mrzygłód Kamil Mrzygłód
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Preface 1. Azure App Service FREE CHAPTER 2. Azure WebJobs 3. Deploying Web Applications as Containers 4. Distributed Applications and Microservices with Service Fabric 5. Using Azure Search 6. Mobile Notifications with Notification Hub 7. Serverless and Azure Functions 8. Integrating Different Components with Logic Apps 9. Swiss Army Knife - Azure Cosmos DB 10. Reactive Architecture with Event Grid 11. Using Azure Storage - Tables, Queues, Files, and Blobs 12. Big Data Pipeline - Azure Event Hub 13. Real-Time Data Analysis - Azure Stream Analytics 14. Enterprise Integration - Azure Service Bus 15. Using Application Insights to Monitor Your Applications 16. SQL in Azure - Azure SQL 17. Big Data Storage - Azure Data Lake 18. Scaling Azure Applications 19. Serving Static Content Using Azure CDN 20. Distributing Load with Azure Traffic Manager 21. Tips and Tricks for Azure 22. Assessments 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding Azure Functions

Azure Functions are a part of so-called serverless components that are available in the Azure cloud. Before you start learning about this particular service, you will have to understand what serverless really means. While, initially, you may think that this concept implies no servers at all, you will quickly re-evaluate your way of thinking (as, we are still quite far away from not using any kind of machine for our applications and workloads).

Being "serverless"

You can easily find many different articles describing the term serverless—to be honest, I would like to avoid promoting a one and only correct definition, as this topic is currently so fuzzy, it is hard to find the best...

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