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Building Serverless Applications with Python

You're reading from   Building Serverless Applications with Python Develop fast, scalable, and cost-effective web applications that are always available

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
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ISBN-13 9781787288676
Length 272 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jalem Raj Rohit Jalem Raj Rohit
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Preface 1. The Serverless Paradigm FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Serverless Application in AWS 3. Setting Up Serverless Architectures 4. Deploying Serverless APIs 5. Logging and Monitoring 6. Scaling Up Serverless Architectures 7. Security in AWS Lambda 8. Deploying a Lambda Function with SAM 9. Introduction to Microsoft Azure Functions 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Best practices for writing Azure Functions

We have learned how to create, configure, and deploy Microsoft Azure Functions. We will now learn about the best practices for using them:

  • Microsoft Azure Functions don't have a huge support for Python like AWS Lambda. They have a very limited set of Python-based triggers. So, you need to write custom functions for most of them. Developers need to keep that in mind before taking a decision on using Microsoft Azure Functions. The languages supported by Microsoft Azure Functions are C#, F#, and JavaScript:
  • The experimental languages that are supported by Microsoft Azure Functions are Bash, Batch, PHP, TypeScript, Python, and PowerShell:
  • Make sure you use the security settings properly to secure your functions. You can find all the settings you need in the Platform features options:
  • Finally, use monitoring as much as possible...
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