Azure Functions

Question 1

What kind of things can trigger Azure Functions?

Answer 1

• Time
• Data
• Webhooks

Question 2

What is Azure Functions built on top of?

Answer 2

• The Web Applications Web Jobs SDK

Question 3

What is serverless?

Answer 3

• There are still servers (of course)

- You are delegating management of servers

Question 4

How can you share code between functions?

Answer 4

• create NuGet package and have functions reference

- create a shared folder in Functions App and use #load to load shared files into functions

Question 5

How do you script referencing a library?

Answer 5

• # r
• example: #r “SendGrid”
• SendGrid is a built in option
• then use using statements

Question 6

How do you get Functions to automatically refresh when changing shared code?

Answer 6

• Add a watchDirectors config setting