TNWiki Article Spotlight – Getting started with Azure Functions
Welcome to another Tuesday TNWiki Article Spotlight.
Azure Functions made a splash last year when they were announced in March and again in November when they went into general availability. Functions offer users a way to run small pieces of code or “functions” in the cloud. You can create code pieces to solve just the problems you have without needing to set up an entire solution architecture to run it. Use the development language of your choice to create your functions: C#, F#, Node.js, Python or PHP. Once they are added to Azure, pay only for the time the code is running.
To see how this can be accomplished, Bhushan Gawale has created an award-winning article entitled Azure Functions: Getting Started for the TechNet Wiki. In the post, Bhushan introduces us to the many concepts of Azure Functions including the runtime, infrastructure, dependencies, security and templates. He then shows these ideas by creating an Azure Function. Bhushan wraps up the post by talking about Visual Studio tooling support and the pricing schemes within Azure.
If you ever wanted to know more about Azure Functions, start with this high-level overview.
by Ken Cenerelli (Twitter, Blog, MSDN Profile, MVP Profile)
Comments
- Anonymous
January 02, 2017
Nice pick Ken,Thanks for Sharing :)- Anonymous
January 03, 2017
Thanks, Syed!
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January 03, 2017
Yes! I love Azure Functions! Great spotlight, Ken! I like how you linked "award winning". Nice.Big thanks to Bhushan for the contribution!- Anonymous
January 03, 2017
Thanks, Ed. Appreciate it.And yes, Azure Functions are an exciting part of Azure.As an aside, I find these spotlights tricky to write. You need to include enough detail about the article to whet the reader's appetite but you do not want to include too much info as then they will not need to read it. It's a fine balance.- Anonymous
January 08, 2017
Yes. I think if you leave off the ending, people who want to actually use it are going to need to go get the whole thing. I think you did a fantastic job in this one!- Anonymous
January 21, 2017
Thanks again, Ed.
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January 05, 2017
Good article! Thank you for sharing us Ken! - Anonymous
January 12, 2017
Good one - Anonymous
January 21, 2017
Thanks, Santhakumar & Prabhath!