Learning Microsoft Azure

Final Words from the Author

As I sit down to write this book’s final chapter, I can’t help but reflect on the journey I took to write this book. It involved countless hours of spare time spent researching, learning, and writing my knowledge and the experience I’ve gained as a developer who has worked with passion and dedication to learn about and develop the topic of this book, Microsoft Azure. The journey of creating this book has been enriching and fulfilling for me.

As a first-time author, I am blessed and grateful to have had the opportunity to write about Azure, and writing this book has taught me so much. I truly appreciate the remarkable efforts, large and small, that others have made for me to finish the book that is in your hands (or on your tablet/phone if you are reading an e-book version). The excellent forewords and afterword for this book, the personal effort invested by each contributor, and you, who picked this book and have invested time to learn about Microsoft Azure—this is what I call community, a community of collaborative learning.

As a teacher, tech trainer, lifelong learner, and developer, I believe in the value of learning by doing, which includes sharing, teaching, and writing.

At its core, this book is about empowering developers, users, and organizations to harness the power of Azure to build and deploy powerful cloud-based applications. In this book, I’ve provided a comprehensive overview of Azure and how to develop applications with it. Whether you ...