Configuring the local environment for developing Azure Functions

To get started with Azure Functions, we will need an environment that will allow us to test our functions and start developing them quickly and seamlessly. Fortunately, this particular Azure service comes with multiple tools that help us during programming and running them locally. I will describe some extra applications as well, which should help you analyze and debug possible problems and test triggers before deploying to the cloud.

Starting with Azure Functions locally

If you have installed all of the required software mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, you should be able to start developing them without any additional configuration. To get started...