Python on Azure WebSites https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pythononazure/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:50:29 GMT en-US hourly 1 New features in PTVS 2.0 RC https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pythononazure/new-features-in-ptvs-2-0-rc Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:21:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythononazure/2013/10/07/new-features-in-ptvs-2-0-rc/ Check out this video about Python Tools for VS with all the new features . Read more here

  • Virtual environment
  • Mixed Python ,C,C++ debuggig
  • Easy deployment to Windows Azure Websites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNNAOypc6Ek&hd=1

]]> Bottle Python Framework on Windows Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pythononazure/bottle-python-framework-on-windows-azure Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:17:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythononazure/2013/10/07/bottle-python-framework-on-windows-azure/ Bottle is a fast, simple and lightweight WSGI micro web-framework for Python.  This tutorial shows you how to create a website on Azure for Bottle Framework in just a few clicks.  You require a Windows Azure account to begin.Once you are logged into theManagement portal, you will need to create a new site “from gallery” as shown below

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Choose “App Frameworks” category and then select Bottle . Click on Next

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Enter the site name, say ‘mybottleapp’ and select the region. Click on the Complete and that’s it . Your website is now being deployed

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Management portal will inform you on the status once this the app is deployed and here is this is your bottle site

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That’s it , you have an simple application using Bottle up and running in Windows Azure .  To start building on on top of this application , just download the content using GIT or FTP . Then Open you application in Visual Studio with Python Tools 2.0 RC  . In Visual studio , create a new project   by selecting ” From Existing Python Code”  .  Happy Coding  !!

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]]> Using Virtual environment to Build your application for Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pythononazure/using-virtual-environment-to-build-your-application-for-azure Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:41:49 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythononazure/2013/04/30/using-virtual-environment-to-build-your-application-for-azure/ Python stack on Windows Azure is bare bones  and may not include all the libraries that your application may require. The best way to build your application for Azure is setting up a virtual environment for your application that you can deploy to Windows Azure website . Here is what you need to do to setup your own development environment for your application :

Install virtualenv

If you don’t have virutalenv installed , you can install it using PIP or Easy install tools . Make sure you have python setup tools installed for Python 2.7.x . Run the following command to install virtualenv

c:\python27>Scripts\easy_install virtualenv

or

c:\python27>Scripts\pip install virtualenv

Activate your Virtual Environment

After installing virtualenv, you can create a new development environment for your application . Go to the application folder and run the following command

virtualenv --no-site-packages myapp

Here, virtualenv creates a folder, myapp/, and sets up a clean copy of Python inside for you to use. It also installs the python setup tools so you can start building your own custom environment that includes all the modules you need for your application .

Activate your newly created environment  so you can begin working within it.

C:\myprojects\myapp>Scripts\activate

Now, you can  install any modules or libraries your application needs . For example if my application requires Flask , then run the command

pip install Flask

This will install Flask in the newly created environment under Lib/site-packages . Similarly you can install any module or library your application requires.

Known Issue  and Workaround

wfastcgi should does not enable .pth files in the user's directory

Azure using wfastcgi.py as the FASTCGI handler for managing requests to your application . If the application modules are  installed as .EGG files , then wfastcgi.py wont be able to find the module you are using with your application . You can track the issue here

Workaround : You can install application using PIP or Easy install tools  and then rename the EGG files  as ZIP files . Now open the ZIP file and extract all the contents into site-packages folder .  

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