Azure Functions for Developers

Course details

In this course, learn how to use Azure Functions to develop applications. Instructor Rodrigo Díaz Concha covers the benefits of Azure Functions, hosting plans, and app service plans. Learn how to create and deploy function apps and how to develop, test, debug, and run event-driven code on your local computer, as well as in Visual Studio using .NET. Learn about triggers, bindings, and how to implement both in Azure Functions. Next, Rodrigo explains Blob storage and Cosmos DB. See how to use dependency injection for cleaner code. After that, Rodrigo explains how to deploy Azure Functions from the command-line interface (CLI) and from Visual Studio. Explore how to build and use Azure Durable Functions in your projects, then learn how to manage and secure Azure Functions with Key Vault.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Running on-demand code without infrastructure overhead
02 - What you should know

1. Introduction to Azure Functions

03 - What are Azure Functions
04 - Azure Functions benefits
05 - Execution models for Azure Functions built with .NET
06 - Options for hosting Azure Functions
07 - What are triggers and bindings
08 - Preparing your development environment

2. Creating Azure Functions

09 - Creating Azure Functions using the Core Tools
10 - Creating Azure Functions in Visual Studio Code
11 - Creating Azure Functions in Visual Studio
12 - What are we going to build

3. Implementing Triggers and Bindings

13 - Creating the project
14 - Initial implementation of the Register function
15 - Implementing the SqlOutput trigger in the Register function
16 - Initial implementation of the Snapshot function
17 - Extracting the text content with HtmlAgilityPack
18 - Implementing the SqlOutput binding in the Snapshot function
19 - Implementing the PdfCreator function
20 - Implementing the BlobOutput and BlobClient in the PdfCreator function
21 - Initial implementation of the Watcher function
22 - Modifying the database tables
23 - Retrieve the data with SQlInput
24 - Store the snapshot with SqlOutput
25 - Query

4. Dependency Injection and Middleware in Azure Functions

26 - Refactoring the PDF creation logic to the PdfCreatorService class
27 - Creating the SafeBrowsingService for filtering out unsafe websites
28 - Implementing the SafeBrowsingService as a middleware component
29 - Implementing the middleware logic and validations
30 - Registering the middleware in the pipeline and testing the application

5. Creating Function Apps in Azure

31 - Creating Function apps in the Azure portal
32 - Creating Function apps with the Azure CLI
33 - Creating Function apps with ARM templates
34 - Creating Function apps with Bicep

6. Deploying Azure Functions

35 - Creating the SQL database in Azure using the portal
36 - Adjusting the project code to use a single storage account
37 - Deploying Azure Functions using the Azure Functions Core Tools
38 - Using CI CD pipelines in GitHub Actions for deploying Azure Functions

Conclusion

39 - Continue learning

Azure Functions for Developers

Authors

Rodrigo Díaz Concha