Exercise 1: Creating a Function App
This exercise guides you through the process of creating a function app and explains some of the application settings created automatically upon the creation of a function app.
Follow these steps to create a function app within the Azure portal:
- Within the Azure portal, create a new function app. The direct URL is https://packt.link/Utj7f.
- Select the correct subscription from the Subscription dropdown and either select an existing resource group or create a new one in the Resource Group field.
- Provide a globally unique name in the Function App name field. Also, make sure that Code is selected under the Do you want to deploy code or container image? setting.
- Select .NET for the Runtime stack setting and set the Version setting to the latest non-isolated LTS version available (which is 6 (LTS) at the time of writing).
Be sure not to select an Isolated version; otherwise, you will not be able to develop in the portal. A link to...
