Serverless computing in Azure with .NET

Triggering a function using functions

Among other things, timer-triggered functions can be used to generate the needed conditions for another function's execution. In Chapter 5, Integrations and Dependencies, we worked with Azure Logic Apps to trigger the execution of functions dependent on external services, such as Azure Service Bus. Azure Logic Apps are a convenient tool for testing functions in the cloud, but they cannot be run locally. A timer-triggered function can be used for the same purpose in a local environment.

It would be a better practice to separate the test functions into a different project. At the time of writing, however, you cannot run two function projects side-by-side on the same machine, since they are hard-wired to ...