Azure developer documentation

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Introduction to Azure for developers

Overview

Key Azure services for developers

Overview

Host applications on Azure

Overview

Connect apps to Azure services

Overview

Develop apps that use Azure AI services

Concept

Create resources in Azure

Architecture

Key concepts for building Azure apps

Concept

Versioning policy for Azure services, SDKs, and CLI tools

GitHub Copilot for Azure Preview

• What is GitHub Copilot for Azure?
• Get started
• Quickstart
• Get information about Azure and your apps
• Deploy your apps
• Troubleshoot your apps

Python

• Deploy serverless Python apps to Azure Functions
• Deploy Python apps to Azure App Service
• Manage storage blobs with the Azure SDK for Python
• Use Python to query Azure SQL Database
• Create an Azure Data Factory using Python
• See more in the Python developer center

JavaScript

• Develop Azure AI apps with JavaScript
• Develop a static website
• Deploy to Azure App Service
• Deploy a serverless application
• Deploy Docker containers
• See more in the JavaScript developer center

Java

• Install the JDK for Azure and Azure Stack
• Deploy an app to Azure Spring Apps by using the Azure portal
• Create a Java app in Azure App Service
• Use Spring Boot Starter for Microsoft Entra ID
• Migrate Java Applications to Azure
• See more in the Java developer center

.NET

• Introduction to Azure and .NET
• Configure your .NET development environment for Azure
• Deploy an ASP.NET web app
• Build a serverless function
• Azure SDK for .NET
• See more in the .NET developer center

Azure AI for developers

• Overview of AI apps
• Chat with your data using Python
• Chat with your data using JavaScript
• Chat with your data using Java
• Chat with your data using .NET
• Azure AI services documentation

Go

• Install the Azure SDK for Go
• Authenticate your app
• Develop Azure AI apps with Go
• Use Blob storage
• Azure SDK for Go code samples
• See more in the Go developer center

Azure PowerShell

• What is the new Az module?
• Migrate from AzureRM to Az
• Install
• Sign in
• Persist credential contexts
• See more in the Azure PowerShell developer center

Azure CLI

• Get started
• Install
• Sign-in
• Run a query on the output of a CLI command
• Create a virtual machine
• See more in the Azure CLI developer center

Azure Developer CLI (azd)

• What is the Azure Developer CLI? (azd)
• Install azd
• Deploy an azd template
• Make your project compatible with azd
• Supported languages and environments

Dev tunnels

• What are dev tunnels
• Get started
• See more in the dev tunnels developer center

Dev Proxy

• What is Dev Proxy?
• Get started
• Test a JavaScript client-side web application
• Test a JavaScript client-side web application that calls Microsoft Graph
• How to implement rate limiting in Azure API Management

Developer Tools

Use your favorite development tools when working with Azure

Visual Studio

Full-featured IDE to code, debug, test, and deploy to any platform.

Visual Studio Code

Free. Built on open source. Runs everywhere.

Visual Studio Code Azure Extensions

Use Azure directly from Visual Studio Code through extensions.

DevOps and Automation

Automate deployment with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Playwright

Reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps

Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ

Use Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ to create, develop, test, and deploy Azure applications from within the IntelliJ IDE.

Azure Toolkit for Eclipse

Use Azure Toolkit for Eclipse to create, develop, test, and deploy Azure applications from within the Eclipse IDE.

Maven

Use Maven to automate the way you build and manage Java projects. It works with other languages too.