How to implement a serverless architecture on Azure - Part 1

Starting today, we are launching a series of articles on serverless microservices architecture, with a particular focus on how to implement it on Azure. Our approach involves combining theory and practical examples to enhance our comprehension of the underlying concepts.

What are we aiming to achieve ?

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing and software architecture, serverless microservices have emerged as a transformative approach to building and deploying applications. This innovative paradigm combines two powerful concepts: microservices and serverless computing, to create a highly scalable, efficient, and cost-effective system. Serverless microservices represent a fundamental shift away from traditional monolithic applications and offer a new way of designing and deploying software systems.

In this series of articles, we will delve into the core principles and advantages of serverless microservices, offering insights into their transformative influence on the process of developing, managing, and scaling contemporary applications. To illustrate these concepts in a practical context, we will demonstrate the implementation of a comprehensive solution on the Azure cloud platform.

We will proceed with the following steps to illustrate this topic.

• Understanding the different notions involved: monolithic, microservices, serverless
• Specifying our illustrative example: what is a book ?
• Implementing our example in a monolithic application
• Implementing our example in a serverless architecture (1)
• Implementing our example in a serverless architecture (2)
• Deploying our application

Though published in 2003, the following textbook is still a classic in the field.

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - Evans

Without further ado, let's begin with a few definitions. Continue here.