Java on Azure 2019

Editor's Notes

• #15: So what kind of apps and scenarios can be built using serverless technologies? The answer is anything where there is need to run some logic in response to an event. Some of you might be surprised to learn that, the above definition covers a big portion of the computing universe. Modern computing is all about events: An IoT device sending data to analyze and store in real-time is an event. There are billions of those. Handling of such data such as enriching, analyzing or filtering is best done using serverless functions which can be spun up on demand. Almost every web based application needs to run some regular maintenance task like cleaning up a database or synchronizing data between two systems. All of these times are events. Such tasks that need to be run only at specific times, don’t call for dedicated infrastructure. They are best left to serverless solutions. A mobile app clicking a picture and submitting to backend is an event. There are billions of such apps. In many cases developers building such apps want to focus on delighting their customers using clients app experience. Serverless technology can easily take away the burden of building mobile backends. Automated response systems receiving a customer request is an event. Building intelligent bots for such scenarios using serverless technology is again a great example where the focus needs to be on logic instead of infrastructure. These are only some of the many examples which fit well with serverless.
• #16: This is a whole story when Developer build wonderful applications using all the triggers, inputs and outputs supported by the platform, using any of the tools they love and familiar. They can run the functions locally, deploy to cloud, set up CI/CD from their repository, monitor and improve their service as they go. With those, let’s dive into a live demo session to write some functions!