Azure for Developers - Second Edition

Develop cloud applications based on the most popular Azure services, including hosting web applications, running containers, storing data using both relational and non-relational databases, and much more

Key Features:

- Take a modern approach to Azure Cloud development and management

- Get a detailed introduction to services such as web hosting, databases, and serverless platforms

- Get the hang of cloud services with this practical, developer-centric guide for Azure developers

Book Description:

Microsoft Azure is currently one of the fastest growing public cloud service providers thanks to its sophisticated set of services for building fault-tolerant and scalable cloud-based applications.

This second edition of Azure for Developers will take you on a journey through the various PaaS services available in Azure, including Azure App Service, Azure Functions, and Azure SQL Databases, showing you how to build a complete and reliable system with ease. Throughout the book, you'll discover ways to enhance your skills when building cloud-based solutions leveraging different SQL/NoSQL databases, serverless and messaging components, containerized solutions, and even search engines such as Azure Cognitive Search. That's not all!! The book also covers more advanced scenarios such as scalability best practices, serving static content with Azure CDN, and distributing loads with Azure Traffic Manager, Azure Application Gateway, and Azure Front Door.

By the end of this Azure book, you'll be able to build modern applications on the Azure cloud using the most popular and promising technologies to make your solutions reliable, stable, and efficient.

What You Will Learn:

- Identify the Azure services that can help you get the results you need

- Implement PaaS components - Azure App Service, Azure SQL, Traffic Manager, CDN, Notification Hubs, and Azure Cognitive Search

- Work with serverless components

- Integrate applications with storage

- Put together messaging components (Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Azure Queue Storage)

- Use Application Insights to create complete monitoring solutions

- Secure solutions using Azure RBAC and manage identities

- Develop fast and scalable cloud applications

Who this book is for:

This book is for developers and IT professionals who want to learn Microsoft Azure by developing applications based on various cloud services. Prior knowledge of software development and the basics of software architecture and Azure services give you an advantage.

Table of Contents

- Web Applications in Azure

- Using Azure Container Registry for Storing and Managing Images

- Deploying Web Applications as Containers

- Using Azure Container Instances for Ad Hoc Application Hosting

- Building a Search Engine with Azure Cognitive Search

- Mobile Notifications with Notification Hubs

- Serverless and Azure Functions

- Durable Functions

- Integrating Different Components with Logic Apps

- Swiss Army Knife

- Reactive Architecture with Event Grid

- Using Azure Storage

- Big Data Pipeline

- Real-Time Data Analysis

- Enterprise Integration

- Using Application Insights to Monitor Your Applications

- SQL in Azure

- Big Data Storage

- Scaling Azure Applications

- Serving Static Content Using Azure CDN

- Managing APIs with Azure API Management

- Building a Scalable Entry Point for Your Service with Azure Front Door

- Azure Application Gateway as a Web Traffic Load Balancer

- Distributing Load with Azure Traffic Manager

- Tips and Tricks for Azure