If you have been a software developer for the past few years, you have likely heard of terms such as:
- DevOps
- Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Containerised applications
While some software developers think that these practices are used everywhere, the reality is that a lot of software is still built using more traditional practices and frameworks that were not designed for the current era of cloud computing, such as manually building and deploying web applications to IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) Virtual Machines (VMs).
What this book is
This book will introduce you to Azure DevOps and its CI/CD tooling, Azure, and IaC. While this is not a security-focused book, some sections will be dedicated to some security fundamentals.
Each of these topics will be introduced independently of each other, and applied to a .NET solution where relevant.
For this book, we will use a simple ASP.NET Core MVC application for a music store.
About you
This book is geared towards .NET developers and team/technical leads that want to learn how to use Azure DevOps and Azure to improve their software development practices. C# will be used throughout the book project and samples, and you are expected to have at least a few years of experience programming in .NET. It is also expected that you have some knowledge of ASP.NET Framework or ASP.NET Core, and some basic knowledge of Git as well.
You are not expected to be deeply knowledgeable in Azure or on-premises infrastructure, but it is assumed that you understand the fundamentals of cloud computing and that you can work your way around the Azure Portal.
