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Serverless computing in Azure with .NET

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Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787288393

Length 468 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

.NET

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Sasha Rosenbaum

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Understanding Serverless Architecture FREE CHAPTER

2. Getting Started with the Azure Environment

3. Setting Up the Development Environment

4. Configuring Endpoints, Triggers, Bindings, and Scheduling

5. Integrations and Dependencies

6. Integrating Azure Functions with Cognitive Services API

7. Debugging Your Azure Functions

8. Testing Your Azure Functions

9. Configuring Continuous Delivery

10. Securing Your Application

11. Monitoring Your Application

12. Designing for High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Scale

13. Designing Cost-Effective Services

14. C# Script-Based Functions

15. Azure Compute On-Demand Options

Creating the function

Let's take a look at the following steps to create the function:

In Solution Explorer, right-click the project, choose Add -> New Item -> Azure Function, and enter ScoreText in the name. This will be the name of the .cs file that defines the function.
In the next dialog, fill the following parameters:
- Function type: HttpTrigger
- AccessRights: Anonymous
- FunctionName: ScoreText

Click on Create.

You will see the ScoreText.cs file appear in the project tree.

Running the function locally

The function code is provided next. The auto-generated code implements the same behavior as we've seen in the HelloWorld function created online, however, you will notice a few differences in code. The differences exist because the online function was a C# script ( CSX ) based function.

The Visual Studio "precompiled" function template has references to a number of system libraries and the Azure.WebJobs libraries, and the function's Run method is annotated with attributes. The FunctionName attribute...

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Authors (1)

Rosenbaum

Rosenbaum

Sasha Rosenbaum helps Microsoft clients migrate their infrastructure and applications to the cloud, working as a technology solutions professional on the global black belt team. She covers a broad range of products and services available on the Azure platform, and helps clients envision, design, and deploy cloud based applications. Sasha has been working with Azure since its early days, helping companies on their journey to the cloud, as a consultant. She has a computer science degree from Technion, Israels Institute of Technology, one of the top 20 CS departments in the world. Sasha is passionate about the DevOps movement, helping companies adopt a culture of collaboration. Sasha is a co-organizer of the the DevOps Days Chicago conference.You can visit Sashas personal blog and follow her on Twitter (@DivineOps).

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