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Azure Functions: a guide to getting started with Layla Porter
Azure Functions: a guide to getting started with Layla Porter
Sep 7 2021
In this episode
Working with an existing system and its architecture can be a challenge, especially when it comes to adopting newer technologies. What may originally have been an appropriate architecture, may not now easily accommodate these newer technologies
Do we tackle the problem by refactoring our system, or do we need an overhaul?
More often than not, business critical features don’t allow for a rewrite nor a rebuild, so we are faced with shoehorning new features into the existing project using the older framework or architecture.
This is where serverless technologies, such as Azure Functions, can come to the rescue.
By using Azure Functions you can create solutions using modern .NET/C# features without necessarily touching older parts of our existing software.
In this session I will show you how to build a service using Azure Functions.
We will use a variety of function triggers such as HTTP and Queue, combining them together into a self contained service that can co-exist with our existing project.
We’ll also cover security, developing functions locally, architecture and much more.
Guests
Layla Porter
Layla is a Developer Advocate at VMware serving the .NET community. She is a Live Coder on Twitch, a Microsoft MVP, A GitHub Star, a director on the board of the .NET Foundation, and co-organiser of MK .NET user group. Layla loves sharing knowledge whilst having fun. No question is stupid and beginners are always welcome.
Hosts
Tiffany Jernigan
Tiffany is a senior developer advocate at VMware and is focused on Kubernetes. She previously worked as a software developer and developer advocate (nerd whisperer) for containers at Amazon. She also formerly worked at Docker and Intel. Prior to that, she graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in electrical engineering. In her free time she likes to spend time with her fiancé, family, and friends, as well as dabble in photography. You can find her on Twitter @tiffanyfayj.
Whitney Lee
Whitney traveled the scenic route but is absolutely chuffed to have found her way to Kubernetes and cloud technologies. She began her professional career as a fine artist before owning her own photography business for over a decade. Then, after a year-long tour playing keys and singing harmonies in the band Mutual Benefit, Whitney went back to school to learn full-stack web development. Shortly after graduation Whitney was employed by IBM as a cloud developer, using none of the skills she had just learned at school. However Whitney quickly developed an insatiable appetite for all things cloud, and a passion for teaching others as she acquired knowledge herself. She has made many light board videos for IBM Cloud, from topics ranging from creating a Pod in Kubernetes, to event-driven architecture, to cloud-native API solutions. At VMware Whitney’s contagious excitement drives her to continue to explore, collaborate, teach, and play!
Leigh Capili
Leigh is an empathetic speaker and developer with niches in cloud-native systems and security. Leigh comes from a background of building software to manage infrastructure. He contributes to Kubernetes and Flux and is frequently working on his next software demo