Setting up Environment#

Let's set up our development environment for Azure Functions.

Browser Setup#

1. Login to Azure Portal with your account
2. Select your subscription (e.g., Visual Studio Enterprise Subscription)
3. Create a new Resource Group:
   • Name: az-func-demo-wus
   • Region: West US

Azure CLI Setup#

1. Authenticate the az CLI:

az login

2. Set your subscription:

az account set --subscription xxx-0fc2-xxxxx-9342-xxxxxxx

GitHub Repository#

Create a GitHub repo for your code:

1. Go to github.com/new
2. Create a public repository named az-function-tutorial
3. Clone and initialize:

echo "# az-function-demo" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M master
git remote add origin https://github.com/yks0000/az-function-tutorial.git
git push -u origin master

VS Code Configuration#

1. Open VS Code and navigate to your cloned repository

2. Install the following extensions:

   • Azure CLI Tools
   • Azure Functions
   • Azure Resources
   • Azure Account
   • Python

3. Login to your Azure account in VS Code: