Create Serverless Applications
In this course, you will learn how Azure Functions enable the creation of event-driven, compute-on-demand systems that can be triggered by various external events. You will earn how to leverage functions to execute server-side logic and build serverless architectures. This course will help you prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification.
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- Level Professional
- Duration 18 hours
- Course by Microsoft
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In this course, you will learn how Azure Functions enable the creation of event-driven, compute-on-demand systems that can be triggered by various external events. You will earn how to leverage functions to execute server-side logic and build serverless architectures. This course will help you prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification. This course is part of a Specialization intended for developers who want to demonstrate their expertise in all phases of cloud development from requirements, definition, and design; to development, deployment, and maintenance; to performance tuning and monitoring. It is ideal for anyone interested in preparing for the AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam. This is the first course in a program of 8 courses to help prepare you to take the exam. Each course teaches you the concepts and skills that are measured by the exam. By the end of this Professional Certificate program, you will be ready to take and sign-up for the Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure.Modules
Introduction to the program
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- Meet and Greet
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- Introduction to the course
- Exam AZ-204: Azure Developer on Microsoft Azure certification
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- Exam DP-203: Skills Measured
- Course syllabus
- How to be successful in this course
Choose the best Azure service to automate your business processes
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- Knowledge check
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- Lesson introduction
- Identify the technology options
- Code-first technologies
- Analyze the decision criteria
- Choose the best design-first technology to automate your business process
- When to choose Azure Functions to run your business logic
- Lesson summary
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- Clean up
- Additional reading
Create serverless logic with Azure Functions
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
- Test prep
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- Lesson introduction
- Decide if serverless computing is right
- Create a function in the Azure portal
- Lesson summary
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- Exercise - Create a function app in the Azure portal
- Triggers and bindings
- Exercise - Add logic to the function app
Use triggers to determine how an Azure Function is executed
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
- Test prep
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- Lesson introduction
- Determine the best trigger for your Azure function
- Run an Azure Function on a schedule
- Lesson summary
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- Exercise - Create a timer trigger
- Execute an Azure function with an HTTP request
- Exercise - Create an HTTP trigger
- Execute an Azure function when a blob is created
- Exercise - Create a Blob trigger
Integrate function code with data and services
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
- Test prep
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- Lesson introduction
- Explore input and output binding types
- Read data with input bindings
- Write data with output bindings
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- Exercise - Explore input and output binding types
- Exercise - Read data with input bindings
- Exercise - Write data with output bindings
Create a long-running serverless workflow with Durable Functions
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
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- Lesson introduction
- What is Durable Functions?
- Design a workflow based on Durable Functions
- Control long-running tasks using timers
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- Exercise - Create a workflow using Durable Functions
- Control long-running tasks using timers
- Exercise - Add a durable timer to manage a long-running task
- Test Code examples
Develop, test, and publish Azure Functions by using Azure Functions Core Tools
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
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- Lesson introduction
- Create and run Azure Functions locally by using the Core Tools
- Publish a function to Azure by using the Core Tools
- Lesson summary
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- Exercise - Create a function locally by using the Core Tools
- Exercise - Publish a function to Azure by using the Core Tools
Develop, test, and deploy an Azure Function with Visual Studio
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
- Test prep
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- Lesson introduction
- Create and run Azure Functions locally by using the Core Tools
- Publish a simple Azure Function
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- Exercise - Create and test a simple Azure Function locally with Visual Studio
- Exercise - Publish a simple Azure Function
- Exercise - Unit test an Azure Function
Create a function triggered by a webhook
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
- Test prep
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- Lesson introduction
- Create a function that is triggered by a webhook
- Set up a webhook for a GitHub repository
- Trigger an Azure Function with a GitHub event
- Secure Webhook payloads with a secret
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- Exercise - Create an Azure function triggered by a webhook
- Exercise - Set up a webhook for a GitHub repository
- Exercise - Trigger an Azure Function with a GitHub event
- Exercise - Secure webhook payloads with a secret
- Additional reading
Create a function triggered by a webhook
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- Exercise quiz
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- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
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- Lesson introduction
- Analyze the limitations of a polling-based web app
- Enable automatic updates in a web application using SignalR Service
- Use a storage account to host a static website
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- Exercise - Analyze the limitations of a polling-based web app
- Exercise – Enable automatic updates in a web application using SignalR Service
- Exercise - Use a storage account to host a static website
Expose multiple Azure Function apps as a consistent API by using Azure API Management
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- Exercise quiz
- Exercise quiz
- Knowledge check
- Test prep
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- Lesson introduction
- Create a new API in API Management from a function app
- The benefits of using Azure API Management to compose your API
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- Exercise - Create a new API in API Management from a function app
- Exercise - Add another Azure Functions app to an existing API
- Additional Reading
Practice Exam on Create Serverless Applications
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- Course practice exam
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- Course 1 recap
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- About the practice exam
- Course summary
Course wrap up
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- Reflect on learning
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- Congratulations
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- Next steps
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"Create Serverless Applications" is a professional-level course offered by Coursera, focusing on IT & Computer Science. Taught by expert instructors, it covers Azure Functions for event-driven, compute-on-demand systems. Ideal for developers aiming for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification, this is the first of 8 courses designed to prepare you for the AZ-204 exam. The course spans 1080 minutes and is available with a Starter subscription. Perfect for those looking to master cloud development and serverless architectures.
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