Publishing, Automating and Monitoring your JS App on Azure

The main focus of the workshop is to demonstrate how to deploy a static web app on Azure, utilizing Azure services, and adding functionalities like APIs, security, and monitoring.

Participants need to install Node.js, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), the Azure Static Web App extension for VS Code, and the Azure Functions Core tools to adequately prepare for the workshop.

No, participants do not need an Azure account. Instead, they can use a sandbox provided during the workshop, which allows them to experiment with Azure services without a personal or professional Azure account.

Participants can sign into the Microsoft Learn website using their GitHub accounts. This is the preferred method as it simplifies access and avoids potential conflicts with Microsoft accounts.

Azure Static Web Apps is a service that allows hosting of static web applications in the cloud. It integrates with GitHub for continuous deployment via GitHub Actions, automatically building and deploying the app upon code changes.

The workshop demonstrates how to use Azure Functions, a serverless compute service, to handle backend APIs, which are managed within the same environment as the static web content on Azure Static Web Apps.