azure_functions

Reducing the deployment size of your JavaScript Azure Functions

January 12, 2020 1 minute read

I’m doing some Azure Functions development in JavaScript at the moment, using the new azure-functions-core-tools. One of the features it has is command line publication, like this: $ func azure functionapp publish my-function-app I have a single function right now (called ping). Running the publish step creates a ZIP file: $ npx func azure functionapp publish my-function-app Getting site publishing info... Creating archive for current directory... Uploading 187.62 MB [##--...

Deploying an Azure Function App with Terraform

October 23, 2019 7 minute read

You may have caught this from my previous blog posts, but I like automated deployments. I like something where I can run one command and magic happens, resulting in my whole deployment changing to a new state. I’ve recently been looking around at options for Azure, checking out Serverless Framework, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), and others. My favorite thus far has been Terraform. These are the instructions for deploying a basic Azure Function app with TypeScript code from start to finish...