Azure Functions makes it easy to run apps written in Python (or Java/dotnet/JS/TS/etc) in a scalable, fully managed environment. I like to see my code come to life and make it available for others but don't want to think about High Availability, scaling, or OS updates. Azure Functions takes care of all of that and has a very generous free tier. In this post I'll cover how to get Python code for a Todo API running in Azure Functions with a Svelte (JS) front-end and a serverless database with Azure CosmosDB…
My 6 year old daughter has been using her imagination to help make homeschool history more fun. She came up with the idea for a time travel helmet that would transport her to early Egypt, Greece and beyond. This past weekend we used a Circuit Playground Express, Microsoft MakeCode and a cardboard box to bring her time travel helmet design to life! This was a fun project for both of us and also a great introduction to coding for my kiddo.…
Deploying an app to OpenShift is the easiest method I've used to get application code running in containers. I've spent hours writing Docker files and building YAML deployments for Kubernetes, and even more time troubleshooting ingress resources and overlooked dependencies. With OpenShift, I can check my code into GitHub and then point and click (or script) my way to a working deployment in just minutes. No need to write a dockerfile, no manual YAML writing, no developing interim build images or working with bespoke DevOps tooling. Just write code and then deploy it with one simple interface. This post covers deploying a classic three tier application (web app, API, database) using a Todo list application I developed with Svelte and dotnet core and a Microsoft SQL database running in a Linux container.…
"You down with OCP? Yeah you know me!" OCP in this case is the OpenShift Container Platform. I think it's best described as an Enterprise Distribution of Kubernetes, much like RHEL is an Enterprise Distribution of Linux. If you're like me and have been working with Kubernetes for awhile, you may be wondering why you would need an Enterprise Distribution like OpenShift. I decided to answer that question by trying out OpenShift for the first time this week, setting up a single node development cluster on my laptop - read along and share your thoughts in the comments!…
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