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Hands-On Serverless Computing

You're reading from   Hands-On Serverless Computing Build, run and orchestrate serverless applications using AWS Lambda, Microsoft Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788836654
Length 350 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kuldeep Chowhan Kuldeep Chowhan
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Preface 1. What is Serverless Computing? FREE CHAPTER 2. Development Environment, Tools, and SDKs 3. Getting Started with AWS Lambda 4. Triggers and Events for AWS Lambda 5. Your First Serverless Application on AWS 6. Serverless Orchestration on AWS 7. Getting Started with Azure Functions 8. Triggers and Bindings for Azure Functions 9. Your First Serverless Application on Azure 10. Getting Started with Google Cloud Functions 11. Triggers and Events for Google Cloud Functions 12. Your First Serverless Application on Google Cloud 13. Reference Architecture for a Web App 14. Reference Architecture for a Real-time File Processing 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Azure Function triggers and bindings

Azure Function trigger outlines on how an Azure Function should be invoked or triggered. In Azure, a function can only have one trigger. Triggers in Azure Function have data, and that is usually the payload that invokes the Azure Function.

Bindings for an Azure Function are both input and output. They are a declarative way of sending and receiving data from an Azure Function. Your Azure Function can have multiple input bindings and output bindings. Bindings for Azure Functions are optional.

With the help of triggers and bindings, you don't have to hardcode any data or details of what you are going to interact with in your Azure Functions. With input binding, your Azure Function will receive the input data in the form of function parameters. Once you have processed the data within your Azure Function, you can send the data back, using...

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