[UPDATE 2017/09/04] Thanks to @LindyDonna for pointing out the hosts.json option to added extra directories to the host watch list. We no longer need to use Remy Sharp’s nodemon to restart the host. For front end development we’ve become used to automatic rebuild and run as TypeScript source files are […]
I just reworked my previously posted code access a google photos album list to use async/await and think it gives a good account of itself. It’s not a massive change but I think easier to read and less boiler plate. As Azure Functions only support nodejs 6.5.0, I switched to […]
When developing a Azure Function App you will likely have configuration secrets such as 3rd party API keys and certificates that you really do not want to share with anyone. These secrets will accessed by your Function’s code both on Azure and locally when developing with the Core tools or […]
My latest web app project is a Typescript SPA frontend hosted in Blob storage with a Serverless Azure Functions Javascript backend. For an optimal development experience I need automated deployment that is easy and reproducible. This will be used on my Windows git4windows bash development environment and later on a […]
Azure just announced Container Instances which let you quickly spin up a container without worrying about VM provisioning and other boring stuff. Christos Matskas just posted a tutorial on using the new shiny using his MacBook as his dev machine. As my current dev env is a Surface SP4 running […]
I really like TypeScript and now use it in most projects that call for JavaScript, whether it’s for frontend code in a web browser or backend code run by Node.js. The pros and cons of TypeScript compared to JavaScript are well documented but for me the clincher is the excellent […]
This is not a tutorial on using Microsoft’s Azure Serverless offerings. There’s already plenty of those, with more appearing every day as Serverless popularity rapidly grows. Rather, this post provides a roadmap of info you’ll need to use these technologies in your projects or products. Just for good measure we […]
While Functions provides reasonable basic logging facilities you often want more detail without editing your code to add diagnostic logging lines. This is often critical during development or debugging when local execution of your function is not exhibiting the problem that occurs in the live Function. In addition, DevOps and […]
In case you hadn’t noticed, Azure Functions builds on Azure App Service, through the open source Kudu, WebJobs and ‘Functions’ environments. Thus, extra powerful and mature features from these platforms are available to the Functions developer. However, as Cory Fowler pointed out recently the number of App Service SKUs makes […]
Sometimes you want to explore or update a live Function App filesystem, possibly to test solutions to problems. You might even want to execute commands directly on the live function rather than go through the usual “local build / deploy” or “CI” process. If you’ve already discovered the ‘Function App […]