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

by Kamil Mrzyglód

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789349498
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	11/30/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	606
File size:	11 MB
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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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Azure App Service
2. Azure WebJobs
3. Deploying Web Applications as Containers
4. Distributed Applications and Microservices with Service Fabric
5. Using Azure Search
6. Mobile Notifications with Notification Hub
7. Serverless and Azure Functions
8. Integrating Different Components with Logic Apps
9. Swiss Army Knife - Azure Cosmos DB
10. Reactive Architecture with Event Grid
11. Using Azure Storage - Tables, Queues, Files, and Blobs
12. Big Data Pipeline - Azure Event Hub
13. Real-Time Data Analysis - Azure Stream Analytics
14. Enterprise Integration - Azure Service Bus
15. Using Application Insights to Monitor Your Applications
16. SQL in Azure - Azure SQL
17. Big Data Storage - Azure Data Lake
18. Scaling Azure Applications
19. Serving Static Content Using Azure CDN
20. Distributing Load with Azure Traffic Manager
21. Tips and Tricks for Azure
22. Assessments