Azure Functions
Determining the execution environment of your APIs can have a large impact on how they run, how they scale, how much they cost, and what features come out of the box. Azure Functions provides a different hosting option that complements existing Azure services with a focus on event-driven execution. While Functions provides many ways to react to different things in a system, we’ll focus on a specific event: the HTTP request.
In this chapter, we’ll cover some technical aspects related to hosting and billing and finish with a walkthrough that includes cloud deployment and configuration.
By the end of this chapter, you’ll have a good base to continue your API journey by knowing about the following aspects:
- Hosting considerations that affect certain runtime options and limitations based on the needs of your application.
- How certain aspects of your application can affect billing.
- The structure, general familiarity, and possibilities...
