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It’s no secret that developers don’t like using JSON files to declare their resources in Azure because of issues such as parameter duplication and not being able to use comments in templates. Azure Bicep helps resolve these issues, and this book will guide you, as a developer or DevOps engineer, to get the most out of the Bicep language. The book takes you on a journey from understanding Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and what their drawbacks are to how you can use Bicep to overcome them. You will get familiar with tools such as Visual Studio Code, the Bicep extension, the Azure CLI, PowerShell, Azure DevOps, and GitHub for writing reusable, maintainable templates. After that, you’ll test the templates and deploy them to an Azure environment either from your own system or via a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. The book features a detailed overview of all the Bicep features, when to use what, and how to write great templates that fit well into your existing pipelines or in a new one. The chapters progress from easy to advanced topics and every effort has been put into making them easy to follow with examples, all of which are accessible via GitHub. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed a solid understanding of Azure Bicep and will be able to create, test, and deploy your resources locally or in your CI/CD pipelines.

Who is this book for?

This book is for cloud engineers, developers, and DevOps engineers who are responsible for writing templates to deploy resources in Microsoft Azure and contributing to CI/CD pipelines. Professionals who want to get started with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code when it comes to working with Microsoft Azure will also benefit from reading this book. Readers are expected to have a basic understanding of CI/CD concepts, must have worked with ARM templates to deploy resources to Azure, and must have used or be familiar with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for their CI/CD pipelines.

What you will learn

Get started with Azure Bicep and install the necessary tools

Understand the details of how to define resources with Bicep

Use modules to create templates for different teams in your company

Optimize templates using expressions, conditions, and loops

Make customizable templates using parameters, variables, and functions

Deploy templates locally or from Azure DevOps or GitHub

Stay on top of your IaC with best practices and industry standards

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Tomica Kaniski Jun 06, 2022

Really happy that I purchased this book! As it turns out, it is really a wonderful resource for learning Bicep language. Yas slowly builds up your Bicep knowledge, step by step, page by page, and once you're finished with the book, you have very good understanding of why Bicep was created, how to use it in your projects and where it fits best. There are also numerous best practices, hints on dealing with your code, introducing Azure DevOps and GitHub actions into your workflows and much more! In my opinion - worth reading!

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Jeff Brown Feb 11, 2022

I had the pleasure of receiving an early copy of this book. It is an excellent resource for getting started with Bicep. I initially looked through the content at a high level and then used it as a reference guide when writing some Bicep code recently. Need to know how to define parameters? Done. Are you working on modules? Done! Yaser provides easy-to-follow instructions and examples to take beginner or advanced IaC code writers to Bicep fluency.

Inknochen Feb 10, 2022

In this book you'll find an easy-to-read map on the why Bicep is a thing now, and as all the other technologies you may choose to adopt, knowing how this came about it helps realizes its full potential to you. I like the way Yas presents this as an opportunity to modernize the IaC and how you deploy this along aside your current model with the same tools and how to migrate to the new model with ease. I recommend this book as it'll have all you need to start using it right away.

Anil Mahadev Feb 10, 2022

This book takes the beginner to intermediate level of ARM template users to embrace the next gen Bicep 💪 templates from Microsoft azure!The author has provided easy toFollow instructions and examples to get started on Bicep 💪.Highly recommended!

Steven Kent Johnson Feb 10, 2022

I have been utilizing bicep since it hit general availability and was greatly impressed with the thoughtful presentation of the content. The author did a great job of walking the readers from the basics of bicep all the way through creating devops pipelines. The author provided real life examples and offers great tips and hints. Highly recommended for the novice and the IaC pro out there.

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