Best approach and Tools in Azure, O365, and all others to install, design, integrate, and build up the front-end of pre-build API specs and images?

Question

Hi,

I am writing to ask about the best way to approach building an API integration from a pre-build model given to me by a supplier, which is available in many languages, and with server/client packages.

I have been avoiding it for a long time, but after working with it recently, I finally got the API Endpoint Management instance in Azure to accept a pre-build swagger UI package generated from the supplier's package.

There seems to be many ways to develop a site, pieces of the site, etc., with MSFT/Azure, but it can become very overwhelming.

I am looking for something somewhat simple (IDE/CMS integration), as I am trying to build the front end with it too without having to build every call. I thought I saw some drag-and-drop editors, but I can't seem to find them anywhere, except for the bubble.io site, which isn't going to work probably. I want to have the core integration available to modify and distribute in a centralized way.

The Swagger UI Editor, SketchUp, I think some PostgreSQL editors, Dreamweaver/Adobe, different WP plugins, bubble.io, VS Studio, Postman (supplier has the API specs there too), and some others I've tried. I could probably do it in excel, but I don't know how to install the specs/VB instance. I don't really like using Access, and a regular SQL, my current MariaDB, possibly PostgreSQL (containers), or locally/centrally managed DB would be better, if possible.

I thought there should be a way to run the make/config of the README.md files I have, but it hasn't seemed to work yet.

I am able to SSH into my server, but I haven't setup a staging/offsite copy for development yet. I don't want to publish publicly or to any GitHub cloud instance. So, I think I have to use rsync, or some other duplicator/migration tool in WordPress (am considering getting off of this soon too).

I could install my site locally, but I haven't figured it out yet and not sure it would work on a local instance. There is the WordPress Playground and PHPStorm plugins I found, but I haven't really been able to get past all of the warning messages, authorizations, etc. for the add-ons. Even still, anytime I install a plug-in while connected over SSH to my site, it installs them on the site. I think it also installed some VS modules there for "local use". I wonder if the IDE can be brought up in my site now?

I am also working on getting setup in AWS, and I think they have some pre-build integrations, but I am not sure what to do about the product images/information needed on 100k-1M+ products.

Regardless, is there a simpler way to preview a website in VS Studio/Code without having to configure WSL and install the site manually? Or is there a way to do a version control/offline not synced copy of the site?

Also, I've been able to download a lot of VS Code extensions that may be able to assist, but I haven't had a chance to go through them all.

Essentially, I'm thinking I want an ASP.NET core app integration that I can branch off of to create mobile, desktop, and decentralized apps for. I was reading that ASP.NET is probably the best for that, but haven't seen if there are any IDE/GUI development interfaces for the program, beyond Visual Basic.

I can keep going down the rabbit hole to figure this out, which isn't a problem, but this site came up from MSFT to post questions about Azure.

I would also like to implement some AI, government compliance options, 3D/Unit type environments, etc. So, I want to know the best way to approach this. I understand that I can make several of these additional features modular add-ons, but starting many different app services can be inefficient.

The MSFT rep I spoke to the other day wanted me to provide the architecture I'm using, but it seems he was referring to individual instance deployment models. I can put my general sketches in Visio, but as far as the technologies used, how the server is modulated based on those, and best practices is beyond me. I was looking for a profiler assessment, but the ones I saw looked mostly for Azure instances.

The main thing right now is getting the integrations setup, at least programmatically.

Is there a preferred Microsoft eCommerce site solution to put on IIS or WSL to handle the 100k-1M+ SKUs, not including other site services?

Thank you in advance,
Tyler