Getting ready

Let's start our journey of understanding Azure serverless computing using Azure Functions by creating a basic backend Web API that responds to HTTP requests:

• Please refer to the URL https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free/?&wt.mc_id=AID607363_SEM_8y6Q27AS for creating a free Azure Account.
• Also, visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-create-function-app-portal to understand the step by step process of creating a function app and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-create-first-azure-function to create a function. While creating a function, a Storage Account is also created for storing all the files. Please remember the name of the Storage Account which will be used later in the other chapters.