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Serverless and Azure Functions
Azure Functions is the main product of serverless architecture in Azure. It allows the execution of small pieces of code within a fully managed runtime, so we don't have to worry about performance and scalability. It is open source, open for extensions, and built on top of App Services, so it provides an experience that is similar to Azure WebJobs. Microsoft pays a lot of attention to the development of new features for Azure Functions, and with great support from the community, it's one of the best tools for quickly developing both simple and complex applications.
In this chapter, the following topics will be covered:
- Understanding Azure Functions
- Configuring the local environment for developing Azure Functions ...
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