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Sending SMSes from Azure Functions – Twilio

This is a second article showing how easy you can build value by correct compositions of two elements. This time we will try to send SMS from Azure Functions. Like in previous time – when we were sending emails – we have dedicated provider for this type of service. It is Twilio. […]

By |2019-05-12T16:01:24+02:0014 April 2018 |Categories: Software development|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

Sending emails from Azure Functions – SendGrid

I am trying to convince people that right now we should try to think about how we can build our application effectively. Instead of building everything from scratch we should look for possibilities of composition application from different elements. This means that you should write smaller amount of code and there is also smaller chance for making an error. In case of Azure Functions natural choice for email service provider is SendGrid. […]

By |2019-05-12T16:02:39+02:0014 April 2018 |Categories: Software development|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Azure Function – Uploading photos to Azure Blob Storage

Today I would like to describe another production use case for Azure Functions. This time example is quite simple. I would like to use Azure Functions to upload photos to Azure Blob Storage. Of course, you can upload photos directly to Azure Blob Storage. However, with such solution, your components are tightly connected. This can block you in the future. To avoid that you should add some middle layer. For this, you can use Azure Function. It will act like an API that will accept photos encoder in base64 and upload it to provided location. With this approach, you will [...]

By |2019-05-12T16:03:19+02:0023 February 2018 |Categories: Software development|Tags: , , |0 Comments

RoyalMail API cost reduction by Azure Functions

I would like to describe you one of the last cases of Azure Functions usage. In one of my projects I was using RoyalMail API to find address that is connected with provided post code. System has been delivered to users from England. In that country when you provide post code you are able to find out quite precise address and you can speed up form filling. […]

By |2017-11-19T12:33:08+01:0020 November 2017 |Categories: Software development|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Azure Messaging – stats

From time to time I am trying to figure out the size of Azure cloud. It is not so easy to acquire such data. Because of that I like to go sometimes to presentation that is conducted by somebody from Microsoft. In most cases such presentation contains rather marketing content than practical one. But quite often you can see interesting data. In September during Progressive .NET 2017 I got luck. In one of presentation some statistic regarding Azure Messaging has been revealed. The first thing that came to my mind was reflection that on the one hand this solution works [...]

By |2017-11-13T22:50:39+01:0014 November 2017 |Categories: Cloud|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Caching in Azure Function – how you can use Redis

I believe that you should know that Microsoft has prepared some set of components that can be used for integration purposes. You are able to consume the following services in our function: Azure Storage, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Notification Hubs, Twilio, SendGrid. On the one hand this list is not so big. On the other one you can address with those services a lot of typical scenarios. But sometimes you need to do something more. Today I would like to share with how easily you can use Redis cache in Azure [...]

By |2019-05-12T16:04:26+02:002 October 2017 |Categories: Software development|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Serverless Azure – materials

You can now download materials from my workshop regarding Serverless Azure from Progressive .NET 2017. They are available on my GitHub account. In case of any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. And it would be great if you complete survey unless you didn’t do that after workshop.

By |2019-05-12T16:05:31+02:0018 September 2017 |Categories: Conferences / Presentations|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Serverless Azure – Environment preparation

Progressive .NET 2017 conference is almost there. During the conference I will be conducting workshop regarding Serverless Azure. You should prepare your computers to be able to gain as much knowledge as it is possible from workshop. Please install or organise the following elements: Azure account on which you will be able to work. Of course, it can be a test account. Visual Studio Code Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3.x with Azure Functions Tools for Visual Studio extension installed azure-functions-core-tools Azure Storage Explorer Postman. Unfortunately, without those tools it will be hard for you to take part in this workshop. [...]

By |2019-05-12T16:05:43+02:0022 August 2017 |Categories: Conferences / Presentations|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Mocking API with Azure Functions

The biggest advantage of Azure Functions is reducing time-to-market of our application. We can also use them to make prototyping more effective. From some time you are able to define mock of our function in Azure Portal. Function defined as mock will respond on request according to its configuration. I believe that this solution has a great potential. It can be very useful in all sort of application’s prototyping activities. You just need to define our end point and its response. And that is all. You can start using it in you prototype. So you define correct connections in your application [...]

By |2017-07-13T19:01:28+02:0013 July 2017 |Categories: Software development|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

Serverless Azure – Progressive .NET 2017

I would like to invite you to my new workshop – Serverless Azure. First of them will be conducted during Progressive .NET 2017 conference. It will took place in London on 14th September 2017. During 3.5 hours of workshops you will learn how to use Azure platform to build serverless applications. Through different examples, you will explore on Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps. You will discover how easy it is to build and integrate your applications. Finally, you will learn how to build, deploy, manage and monitor your application. Together with examples, I will point out main pros and cons [...]

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