About azure-functions-university

Azure Functions University is a free learning resource that teaches Azure Functions, an event-driven serverless compute platform on Microsoft Azure. The repository offers lessons and hands-on exercises in multiple languages, including .NET Core, .NET 6, TypeScript, PowerShell, and Python. It also includes a YouTube video series to support the written material. Lessons cover core serverless concepts such as pay-as-you-go pricing, automatic scaling, and event-driven execution. Topics include HTTP triggers, blob triggers and bindings, queue triggers and bindings, table bindings, Cosmos DB triggers and bindings, and Durable Functions for stateful workflows. Additional lessons address calling third-party REST APIs, configuration, and deploying Azure Functions to the cloud. The content is designed for self-paced learners and is suitable for both beginners and developers expanding into serverless architectures. Contributions are welcome, and the project is community-driven with an open-source license.

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Azure Functions University

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Welcome to Azure Functions University! 🎓

This repository contains everything you need to learn about Azure Functions <⚡> and complements the learning videos made by an amazing group of contributors!

You can:

Watch the lesson videos on the Serverless on Azure YouTube channel (and please subscribe!).
Follow the lessons and complete the exercises, in your own pace, here on GitHub.

Introduction to Serverless

"Worry about servers, less."

That's the promise of serverless. There are still servers involved, but you don't have to worry about them as much. You can focus on writing code that delivers value for you and your business.

Common aspects of serverless are:

Pay as you go
Automatic scaling
Event-driven (for serverless compute)

These aspects make it very attractive for both small and large organizations to move to serverless.

The Azure cloud contains many services which are considered serverless. There's serverless storage, such as CosmosDB and Blob Storage, and there's serverless compute services such as Azure Functions and Logic Apps.

These are just a few of the many serverless solutions available in Azure.

Azure Functions

Azure Functions is an event-driven serverless compute platform in the Azure cloud. It integrates seamlessly with many other Azure services through triggers and bindings which we'll cover in great depth in the lessons.

Lessons

Lesson	.NET Core	.NET 6	Typescript	PowerShell	Python	Contributions by
Prerequisites	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Marc, Gwyneth, Barbara, Christian, Dana
HTTP Trigger	✔	✔	✔	✔ (VS Code), ✔ (Portal)	✔	Marc, Gwyneth, Barbara, Caroline, Christian, Dana
Calling 3rd party REST APIs with Refit	-	✔	-	-	-	Maxime, Marc
Advanced scenarios with Refit	-	✔	-	-	-	Maxime
Blob Trigger & Bindings	✔	-	✔	-	-	Marc, Gwyneth, Christian
Queue Trigger & Bindings	✔	-	-	-	-	Marc
Table Bindings	✔	-	-	-	-	Marc
Deployment to Azure	✔	✔	-	-	✔	Marc, Dana
Cosmos DB Trigger & Bindings	✔	-	-	-	-	Gabriela, Marc
Durable Functions I	-	-	✔	-	-	Christian, Marc
Durable Functions II	-	-	✔	-	-	Christian, Marc
Configuration	✔	-	-	-	-	Stacy, Marc

Contribute

Want to contribute? We have a guide!

Discussions

Do you have questions or ideas how to improve this project? Join the discussions here on GitHub!

License

Please check our LICENSE.md.

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