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Creating Azure Functions University, an open source educational project

The story behind Azure Functions University, a free open source project teaching serverless Azure Functions through GitHub lessons and YouTube videos.

Azure Functions University - HTTP Lesson (TypeScript)

Learn how to build HTTP triggered Azure Functions in TypeScript, handling GET and POST requests and creating new functions from scratch.

Azure Functions University - Configuration Lesson (.NET Core)

Learn how to manage configuration and app settings in .NET Core Azure Functions, using the Azure CLI and the App Configuration service.

Azure Functions University - Durable Functions Introduction & Chaining (TypeScript)

Get started with Durable Functions in TypeScript Azure Functions, learning function chaining, orchestrations, retries and the circuit breaker pattern.

Azure Functions University - CosmosDB Lesson (.NET Core)

Learn how to use Azure Cosmos DB triggers and bindings in .NET Core Azure Functions, including the emulator, Key Vault and dependency injection.

Azure Functions University - Table Lesson (.NET Core)

Learn how to use Azure Table storage output and input bindings in Azure Functions with .NET Core, covering TableEntity, IAsyncCollector and CloudTable.

Azure Functions University - Deployment Lesson (.NET Core)

An Azure Functions University lesson on deploying Azure Functions built with .NET Core 3.1, using VSCode, the Azure CLI, the Functions CLI, and GitHub Actions.

Azure Functions University - Queue Lesson (.NET Core)

An Azure Functions University lesson on using Queue triggers and input and output bindings in Azure Functions with .NET Core 3.1, plus the Azure Storage Explorer.

How I Got Started With Creative Coding

My journey into creative coding, from fractals and photography to Processing sketches, PICO-8 retro game development, and hand-drawn 8-bit pixel avatars.

Azure Functions University - Blob Lesson (.NET Core)

An Azure Functions University lesson on using Blob triggers and input and output bindings in Azure Functions with .NET Core 3.1, plus the Azure Storage Explorer.