Chapter 3

Azure App Service

Overview

Azure App Service is a compute service within Azure that enables you to host web applications, mobile application back ends, and REST APIs. Some key features of Azure App Service include the following:

  • It provides DevOps integration capabilities to allow for continuous deployment of code using Azure DevOps, Docker Hub, GitHub, and other third-party solutions.

  • It allows for development in different programming languages like .NET Core, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, Java, and others.

  • It allows for both Windows- and Linux-based applications to run at scale.

Although App Service can help address the requirements of most app deployments, there are a few key points to consider when deciding it is the best service ...

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