Hands-On Azure for Developers: Implement rich Azure PaaS ecosystems using containers, serverless services, and storage solutions

Mrzyglód, Kamil

ISBN 10: 1789340624 / ISBN 13: 9781789340624

Published by Packt Publishing, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hands-On Azure for Developers: Implement rich Azure PaaS ecosystems using containers, serverless services, and storage solutions
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789340624
• ISBN 13: 9781789340624
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Gain practical skills with Azure and understand how to start developing scalable and easy-to-maintain cloud applications

Key Features:

• Get up and running with the development aspects of Azure cloud
• Build fault-tolerant and scalable applications on Azure
• A practical, developer-centric guide for Azure developers

Book Description:

Microsoft Azure is one of the fastest growing public cloud service providers in the market currently, and also holds the second highest market share after AWS. Azure has a sophisticated set of services that will help you build fault-tolerant and scalable cloud-based applications.

Hands-On Azure for Developers will take you on a journey through multiple PaaS services available in Azure, including App Services, Functions, and Service Fabric, and explain in detail how to build a complete and reliable system with ease. You will learn about how to maximize your skills when building cloud-based solutions leveraging different SQL/NoSQL databases, serverless and messaging components, and even search engines such as Azure Search. In the concluding chapters, this book covers more advanced scenarios such as scalability best practices, serving static content with Azure CDN, and distributing loads with Azure Traffic Manager.

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

What You Will Learn:

• Implement serverless components such as Azure functions and logic apps
• Integrate applications with available storages and containers
• Understand messaging components, including Azure Event Hubs and Azure Queue Storage
• Gain an understanding of Application Insights and other proper monitoring solutions
• Store your data with services such as Azure SQL and Azure Data Lake Storage
• Develop fast and scalable cloud applications

Who this book is for:

Hands-On Azure for Developers is for developers who want to build highly scalable cloud-based applications on Azure. Prior knowledge of Azure services will be an added advantage.

About the Author

Kamil Mrzygłód is a skilled software developer, architect, and Microsoft Azure MVP. He is focused on delivering fast, reliable, and flexible cloud solutions based on the Microsoft Azure platform. He has spoken at multiple conferences and meetups, working on open source software (OSS) projects and driving workshops for different people and companies. Over recent years, he has developed an interest in Azure serverless architectures, data analysis, and big data components. Currently, he works at Demant Technology Center in Warsaw. His current goal is to make the world of cloud computing as accessible as it can be so that it's possible to lower the learning curve of this technology and help others start using it.