Azure App Services for Developers

Name: Azure App Services for Developers
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Learn how to develop and publish applications in Azure using Azure App Service, its Platform-as-a-Service offering

Created byTalal Shoaib

Last updated 7/2022

English

What you'll learn

Web Apps
API Apps
Function Apps
Logic Apps
Mobile Apps
Managing Custom Domains

Course content

9 sections • 72 lectures • 4h 22m total length

Welcome to the course2:19
Azure App Services - An Introduction16:52
Azure App Service Plan5:41
Creating an App Service Plan using Portal1:47

Introduction0:35
What are Web Apps6:18
In this clip, we will see what are Azure Web Apps?
Creating an Azure App Service Web App4:02
In this demo, we will create an Azure App Service Web App using Azure portal. We'll use one of the prebuilt packages to create a web app in the Azure portal.
Deploying a Web App using Visual Studio 20171:47
In this demo, we will deploy the same Web App that we created previously using Visual Studio 2017.
Deploying a Web App using Zip Deploy2:26
In this demo, we deploy a Web App to Azure portal using Zip Deploy.
WebJobs5:07
In this video, you will learn another offering of Azure App Service. WebJobs.
WebJobs - Demo3:30
In this demo, I am going to explain how to publish a WebJob in Azure using Visual Studio.
Scaling Web Apps4:25
In this lesson, we will see what scaling is?
Configuring Autoscaling6:55
In this demo, I will show you the different configuration options for autoscaling in Azure.
Summary0:31

Introduction1:15
Deployment Slots - An Overview5:32
Creating Deployment Slots3:49
Learn to create deployment slots and configure slot-specific app settings and connection strings in the Azure portal, ensuring values stay with each slot when swapping between staging and production.
Configuring Deployment Slots Settings3:48
Swapping Deployment Slots using Azure Portal2:26
Swapping Deployment Slots using C#5:48
Swap production and staging slots for an Azure app service via a C# REST call, using a bearer token and the swap slot endpoint.
Summary1:07
Discover deployment slots in Azure App Service, create staging slots, swap them with production, and learn slot limits by tier, plus upcoming backend options like offline sync and push notifications.

Introduction2:03
Explore Azure Mobile Apps as a scalable backend for Windows Universal and mobile apps, covering data storage options, offline sync, authentication, push notifications, and multi-platform SDKs.
Mobile Apps - An Overview2:56
Creating a Mobile App with Sql in Portal8:43
Create a mobile app backend in the Azure portal by provisioning a web app and Azure SQL database with a logical server, admin user, and firewall rules.
Deploying a Mobile App4:48
Offline Sync3:53
Lab - Enabling Offline Sync3:37
Push Notifications2:47
Learn how push notifications drive app engagement by delivering targeted messages through Azure Notification Hub, a backend-independent, multi-platform service that registers devices and channels alerts, and provides telemetry for troubleshooting.
Configuring Push Notifications4:17
Create a notification hub, configure push services, and connect your app to Azure App Services to send targeted push notifications using tags and Azure Active Directory.
Summary4:17

Introduction0:39
API Apps - An Overview4:25
API Definition1:02
Understanding CORS1:23
Lab - Creating and Deploying a CSharp Web API App using VS 20175:00
Deploy a C# web api to Azure using Visual Studio 2017, leveraging Swagger/OpenAPI documentation powered by Swashbuckle.
Lab - Automating API discovery by using Swashbuckle2:54
Enable Swagger 2.0 API definitions in Azure App Services using Swashbuckle, expose metadata at /swagger/docs/v1, and use Swagger UI to test the API and generate client code.
Lab – Deploying NodeJS API App using VsCode9:16
Lab - How do I configure CORS0:34
Summary0:30

Introduction1:07
What are Azure Functions1:21
Explore how azure functions run small actions with minimal infrastructure, using only code and a configuration file to automate tasks like copying files or saving a record in sql.
Running Code in Azure2:40
Compare running code on virtual machines with Azure App Service, which handles patching, scaling, hosting multiple web apps, and web jobs for background tasks.
What is different about Azure Functions1:56
Azure functions offer a simplified programming model by abstracting boilerplate and responding to events. Pay-as-you-go pricing with automatic scaling means you pay only when code runs.
Azure Functions Pricing5:42
Azure Functions - The Benefits1:42
Lab - Creating Your First Azure Function5:40
Explore how to create and test a first Azure function using a quick sandbox trial, HTTP triggers, and function.json configuration, with live logs and in-portal editing.
Lab - Creating a Function App In Azure Portal4:04
Lab - Deploying a CSharp App to the Function App9:14
Deploy a C# app to an Azure Function App using VS Code, selecting direct publish or continuous deployment, and configure dependencies, HTTP triggers, and function keys for secure access.
Exploring the Function App3:09
Exploring the Storage Account2:09
Navigate the storage account behind your function app to inspect the wwwroot code, host.json, and function folders. Learn that Azure Functions are open source on GitHub and invite contributions.
Lab - Creating a Function App in JS with VSCode1:31
Lab - Queue Output Binding5:20
Lab - Webhook Trigger8:40
Create an http triggered Azure function to receive a payment webhook. Post to a queue, deserialize to a strongly typed order, log details, and respond with a purchase message.
Lab - Creating a Function using Typescript in VSCode5:07
Summary1:13

Introduction0:52
Understanding Custom Domains in Azure App Service3:35
Mapping a Root Domain in External DNS3:43
Configure an external DNS provider to map the root domain myxyzcompany.com with an A record, verify ownership via a TXT record, and add the custom domain in Azure App Service.
Mapping a Domain alias in External DNS3:27
Learn to map domain aliases using CNAME records for production and staging subdomains and configure them in Azure portals for deployment slots and main web apps.
Purchasing a Custom Domain in Azure App Service3:00
Summary0:37
Configure custom domain names for Azure App Services by routing a root domain and subdomains with external DNS and CNAME records, then purchase and manage the domain via Azure DNS.

Introduction0:36
Create a Covid19 health assessment questionnaire using Azure Logic Apps in the portal, initialize variables, add actions and conditions, save results to Azure SQL, email outputs, and test with Postman.
1. Covid19 Survey - Business Requirements3:38
Build a Covid-19 health survey workflow with Azure Logic Apps, using an http post trigger, conditions, sql server stored procedure, and gmail notifications to log submissions and inform HR.
Demo - Creating a Logic App using Azure Portal4:36
Demo - Adding SQL Server Connector To Save Survey Results3:39
Demo - Adding Response and Sending Email4:25
Demo - Testing Covid19 Survey1:16
Summery0:41
Create a Covid19 health assessment questionnaire with Azure Logic Apps. Initialize variables, add actions, use SQL Server and Gmail connectors, save results to Azure SQL Database, and test with Postman.

Requirements

Basic software development needed

Description

In this fast-paced era, both individuals and business are adopting cloud technologies at a breath-taking pace, and Microsoft Azure is often the choice for most of the medium-sized to big organizations. In cloud application development and day-to-day coding activities, developers often miss the real depth of how their application will actually reside in the cloud including some critical technical aspects.

This course is structured with a focus on addressing this issue. In this course, 'Azure App Services for Developers', you will have a comprehensive view of core services Azure provides in their Platform-as-a-Service offering.

Some of the major topics that I have covered in this course include:

Web Apps - that lets you deploy and host your web applications into Azure
API Apps - that lets you host your APIs into Azure and make them discoverable
Function Apps - that lets you write small independent pieces of code to perform some specific tasks
Logic Apps - that lets you orchestrate business processes and tasks using WorkFlows
Mobile Apps - that lets you deploy the backend of your mobile devices into Azure

At the end of this course, you will have a firm understanding of utilizing core Azure services in different business scenarios and you will feel comfortable and confident in programming the apps/APIs/serverless functions/mobile backends for Azure platform.

What you need to know?

This course assumes that you have a fair knowledge of software development and you are already familiar with development tools such as Visual Studio, NodeJS and SQL Server etc. If you are a cloud developer already working on some other PaaS offerings such as Aws Lambda or Elastic Beanstalk and want to move to Azure, then you are welcome to this course.

Although no previous information on Azure is required, but you should have an Azure account.

Who this course is for:

This course mainly appeals those software developers and architects who are interested in building and maintaining applications in the cloud. Although most of the course content is aimed for developers, but some parts of the course such as Custom Domains etc. are useful for administrators as well.

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Course content

Introduction to Azure App Services4 lectures • 27min

Web Apps10 lectures • 36min

Creating Deployment Slots7 lectures • 24min

Providing a Backend for your Windows Universal and Mobile Apps9 lectures • 37min

API Apps9 lectures • 26min

Azure Functions16 lectures • 1hr 1min

Managing Custom Domains6 lectures • 15min

Logic Apps4 lectures • 19min

Creating a Covid19 Survey using Logic Apps7 lectures • 19min

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