Masterclass with Lars Klint : Azure Serverless Development

Learn to build a llama image scraper using Azure and Serverless development. In this masterclass, you

will get hands on with Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps, learn how to use triggers and bindings,

connectors and much more to connect cloud services together to create a collection of your

favourite llama assets.

You will walk away with an understanding of how Functions are made, what their inner components

are, and how you can use them quickly and efficiently in your own projects. Also, learn to use

Cosmos DB, and then connect it all together to get some llamas. 

Topics covered

• What is serverless?
• Building an Azure Function with VS Code
• Using Azure Logic Apps to connect services
• Deploying and configuring a Cosmos DB database
• Connecting services on Azure using best practices
• Understanding Azure security best practices

Agenda 

• 8:30 Welcome (15min) - Who is here? 
• 8:45 Introduction to the day (15min) 

           - Housekeeping

           - Tools 

           - Agenda 

• 9:00 Serverless – Introduction (60min)

           - What is Serverless? 

           - Advantages/disadvantages

• 10:00 Break (15min) 
• 10:15 Data in Azure (60min)

           - Storage 

• 11:15  Cosmos DB (60min) 
• 12:15 Lunch (60min) 
• 13:15 Logic Apps (60min) 
• 14:15 Azure Functions (60min) 
• 15:15 Break (15min) 
• 15:30 Create Azure function challenge (30min) 

           - Storage Explorer

           - Azure Cosmos DB Emulator 

           - Other serverless approaches

Audience 

Developers with 1+ years’ experience that want to understand what serverless is and how it works

with Azure applications.

Developers that want to get an insight into using Azure and cloud computing.

Prerequisites

An Azure account. The free tier is okay.  Visual Studio Code.