Developing Azure Functions Locally with .NET

Serverless architecture offers incredible scalability, but developing directly in the cloud can slow down your workflow and increase costs. Learning to build and test your serverless applications on your local machine ensures rapid feedback, easier debugging, and a highly efficient development cycle. This course guides you through the entire process of setting up, writing, and testing serverless APIs and background workers locally. By the end of this course, you will confidently configure your local environment, write robust .NET serverless code, and emulate cloud storage services without touching a live cloud subscription. You will understand how to transition from local development to cloud-ready deployment with ease. What you'll learn: - Understand the core architecture of serverless functions and local runtime environments - Install and configure local runtime tools and storage emulators for offline development - Create and debug trigger-based functions using modern .NET and dependency injection - Configure local application settings, environment variables, and connection strings securely - Emulate cloud storage queues, blobs, and tables locally using modern emulation tools - Write unit tests for your function logic to ensure code quality before deployment We begin with foundational serverless concepts, local architecture, and environment setup. From there, you will progress through hands-on text-based exercises that demonstrate how to write, configure, and test various function types locally using command-line tools and modern .NET patterns. This course is designed for beginner to intermediate .NET developers who want to learn serverless development. No prior cloud experience or active cloud subscriptions are required to complete this course. Start reading today to build and run your first local serverless application with .NET.