Foreword

It is my pleasure to write the foreword for Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook by Praveen Kumar Sreeram. Azure Functions is one of the key Platform as a service (PaaS) components from Microsoft and provides a rich experience for the event-driven, compute-on-demand programming model. To use Azure Functions, the user is not required to be a master of any specific programming language; rather, they can use their language of choice, such as C#, Node.js, JavaScript, PowerShell, and so on, to create highly scalable functions.

Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook shows the author's dedication and hard work to come out with a gem that will not only benefit developers and architects, but also enterprises that want to leverage serverless solutions in Azure. The author has thoroughly gone through each parameter and every consideration in tackling the concept of Azure Functions. You will surely like the way numerous code samples and use cases blend together to create a knowledge repository for you to start with cloud development on the go.

I would like to thank Packt, Mohd. Riyan Khan, and Shrilekha Inani for involving me in evaluating the content and giving me the opportunity to write this foreword.

Abhishek Kumar

Microsoft Azure MVP and Consultant – Datacom New Zealand