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Mastering Cloud Development using Microsoft Azure

You're reading from   Mastering Cloud Development using Microsoft Azure Master the art of efficiently composing Azure services and implement them in real-world scenarios

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782173335
Length 352 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Parenzan Marco Parenzan
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Roberto Freato Roberto Freato
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Preface 1. Building Basic Services FREE CHAPTER 2. Enhancing the Hybrid Process 3. Building the Frontend 4. Building the Backend 5. Building the Mobile Experience 6. Building the API Layer 7. Working with Messages 8. Deploying Solutions in Azure Index

Deploying the API


Cloud conversation is pretty much about deployment. Existing infrastructures relying on traditional VPS are being moving to IaaS, while new software are moving to PaaS. So, from one perspective, cloud isn't really a new initiative but a new approach to existing problems.

Deploying a web application (and, consequently, a web API) should be a straightforward process either to reduce friction between the development process (dev/test cycles), or to be "agile", letting teams deploy and continuously minimizing the administrative effort.

This figure highlights that the deployment phase in every process can occur multiple times and must be easy to achieve:

So, our focus is on two main things:

  • Providing developers (and us) with frameworks and tools (even cloud tools) to reduce the friction between subsequent deployments during the pre-roll phases

  • Providing the entire company with a consistent solution to cope with this continuous process in a production environment

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