Workshop: Serverless .NET Core Solutions using Azure Functions

Hands-on labs for Azure Functions

• Prequisites and setup
• Lab 2..4 - Azure Functions 101​
• Lab 5 – Build an end-to-end solution​
• Lab 6 – Unit testing your functions ​
• Lab 7 – Deploying to Azure

Showcasing the following features:

• HTTP Triggers​
• Queues​
• Table storage
• Run in Azure
• AZ CLI / Func CLI
• Unit Testing
• (SignalR Service​)

Functions as a Service (FaaS)​

Small pieces of self-contained server-side logic​

• Event-driven​ Responds to external triggers​
• Instant scaling ​ Abstraction of server infrastructure​, scales when needed
• Pay by consumption​ Charged by GB-s and # of executions​

Server-less platform providers

Major cloud provider offer FaaS

• Amazon Lambda​ (2014)
• Google Cloud Functions (2016)
• Azure Functions (2016)
• Auth0 Webtasks​ (2016)

Focusing on Azure Functions

Process events with server-less code

About Azure Functions

• Open source: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Functions
• Many available languages:
  • C#, JavaScript, F#, Java, PowerShell, Python, PHP, Batch, Bash
• Built on top of Azure WebJobs SDK
• Support for multiple runtimes:
  • .NET Framework and .NET Core 1.0+, NodeJS, Python, PowerShell

Anatonomy of an Azure Function App

• Hosted as Azure App Service​
• JSON based configuration​
• Running (multiple) functions​

Trigger starts execution​

Bindings for ​input and output​

Programming model: It’s a function​

Triggers provide metadata

[FunctionName("ValidateBlobSize")]
public static void Run(
  [QueueTrigger("ImagesInput",  Connection = "…")] string blobNameInMessage,
  int dequeueCount,
  [Blob("images/{queueTrigger}", FileAccess.Read, 
  Connection = "…")] Stream blob,
  TraceWriter log) { 
    // Your function code …
}

Browse to: https://github.com/XpiritBV/AzureFunctionsWorkshop​

git clone https://github.com/XpiritBV/AzureFunctionsWorkshop.git

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