Building a Web Application on Microsoft Azure

Introduction

• Capitalize on the power of Azure to craft your web app
• What you need to know
• What you are going to build

1. Using Azure DevOps for Storing Your Code

• Using Azure DevOps for storing your code
• Exploring the Pet Management application base source code
• Creating a new Azure DevOps account and organization
• Creating a new Azure DevOps project and adding existing code
• Creating and accepting a pull request in Azure Repos

2. Hosting and Running the Web Application in Azure App Service

• Hosting and running the web application in Azure App Service
• Provisioning a new Azure App Service resource in the portal
• Creating a new deployment slot for development
• Connecting the deployment slot to Azure Repos
• Modifying the source code to automatically publish the app
• Swapping the deployment slots

3. Using Azure SQL for Your Data Storage

• Using Azure SQL for your data storage
• Creating the Azure SQL server and database
• Modifying the application to use the SQL EF provider
• Creating a pull request for publishing the changes

4. Using Azure Storage for Storing Binary Files

• Using Azure Storage for storing binary files
• Creating the Storage account using the Azure portal
• Creating the Blob container in the Storage account
• Modifying the seed data to read the photos from the container
• Modifying the user interface to upload photos
• Implementing the StorageService class
• Invoking the StorageService from the Edit page
• Testing the web application locally
• Publishing the application to the deployment slot
• Swapping the production and dev deployment slots

5. Using Azure Functions to Improve Your Web Application

• Using Azure Functions to improve your web application
• Creating the Azure Functions project and repository
• Testing the function by using the Azure Storage Explorer
• Implementing the resize code and the output binding
• Modifying the web application to display the thumbnails
• Pushing all the changes to the remote repositories
• Provisioning the Function App resource and testing the app

6. Taking Advantage of Azure Logic Apps for Your Web App

• Taking advantage of Azure Logic Apps for your web app
• Creating the Azure Logic App resource for sending an email
• Testing the Logic App
• Modifying the existing Logic App to add a custom SQL Query

Conclusion

• Next steps