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A Developer's Guide to Cloud Apps Using Microsoft Azure

You're reading from   A Developer's Guide to Cloud Apps Using Microsoft Azure Migrate and modernize your cloud-native applications with containers on Azure using real-world case studies

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804614303
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Part 1 – Migrating Applications to Azure
2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Cloud-Native App Lifecycle FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Beginning Your Application Migration 4. Chapter 3: Migrating Your Existing Applications to a Modern Environment 5. Chapter 4: Exploring the Use Cases and Application Architecture 6. Part 2 – Building Cloud-Oriented Applications Using Patterns and Technologies in Azure
7. Chapter 5: Learning Cloud Patterns and Technologies 8. Chapter 6: Setting Up an Environment to Build and Deploy Cloud-Based Applications 9. Chapter 7: Using Azure App Service to Deploy Your First Application 10. Part 3 – PaaS versus CaaS to Deploy Containers in Azure
11. Chapter 8: Building a Containerized App Using Docker and Azure Container Registry 12. Chapter 9: Understanding Container Orchestration 13. Chapter 10: Setting Up a Kubernetes Cluster on AKS 14. Part 4 – Ensuring Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment on Azure
15. Chapter 11: Introduction to Azure DevOps and GitHub 16. Chapter 12: Creating a Development Pipeline in Azure DevOps 17. Assessments 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Describing the development process for Docker-based applications

Docker is a tool for building, deploying, and running applications using a containerization approach. These containers are lighter and take less time to launch compared to traditional servers. These containers also increase performance and reduce costs, while providing good resource management. Another advantage of using Docker is that you no longer need to pre-allocate memory to each container.

Docker was created to simplify the process of setting up environments where an application will run and is developed.

The development environment for Docker-based applications

Microsoft offers multiple tools for developing Docker applications:

  • Visual Studio (Windows and macOS): For Windows, if we want to create applications using .NET 6 or later, we can use Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 or later. Different tools for Docker are already installed, and we can debug and run any application on a single or multiple...
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