Reading Time: 2 minutesAre you looking for a powerful, standardised way to create scalable REST APIs? The Cookiecutter API provides a ready-to-use template for building robust APIs. This guide will introduce the Cookiecutter API, explore its benefits for serverless architectures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and discuss the controller-service pattern to enhance maintainability. What Is Cookiecutter API…
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Some Lessons Learned with Azure Hybrid Connections
Reading Time: 3 minutesHybrid Connections you say? Here’s some background… Recently I’ve been working with a client to deploy an Azure Hybrid Connection to create a tunnel between an Azure Function App and some on-premises devices. I would like to discuss some lessons from this experience to hopefully help anyone who gets stuck. A little bit about Hybrid…
Azure Function App: How to Build a Weather API
Reading Time: 6 minutesOverview In my previous Function App article (How to Build a REST API with Azure Function Apps) I talked about how Microsoft provides sample code for building a Azure Function HTTP Trigger when you create a Function App in Visual Studio Code. With the provided code you can then go ahead and modify it to…
Unpacking and Demystifying Azure Function Apps: An Overview
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is an Azure Function? Azure Function Apps are Azure cloud-based serverless event-driven applications. Generally Azure Functions are stateless, meaning that each trigger or run of the Function App has no context or reference to previous runs. This isn’t a hard rule however, as there is an extension for something called Durable Functions, which allow…