by Dimitris Loukas | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release Date: October 2018 | ISBN: 9781789800319

Smoothly transition from a traditional Node.js Web App to one that takes full advantage of Azure App Service to take advantage of unprecedented scalability, maintainability and monitoring technologies About This VideoEffectively refactor your existing Node.js application to be ready for deployment on AzureBuild apps that are continuously monitored and ensure high performance with the help of Application Insights and Azure App ServiceEasily scale your Node.js app with Azure App Service and effectively meet your clients' requirements for speed and global availabilityIn DetailHave you been worrying that your existing web applications aren't good enough to take advantage of the elasticity of the cloud? Or that refactoring them is going to be very difficult? Azure App Service to the rescue! This course on Azure App Service will offer you the ability to quickly refactor, configure, and deploy your Node.js applications on Azure without breaking a sweat. You will benefit from effortless CI/CD configurations and automatic deployments to staging and production environments, and will have more streamlined testing and Quality Assurance processes. Also, you will easily scale your app to meet business needs (while monitoring it for errors and usage statistics with ease) through Azure's services.By the end of this course, you will be confident enough to modernize an existing Node.js web app and deploy it to Azure via App Service.The code bundle available: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Modernize-Node.JS-Web-Apps-with-Azure-App-Service

1. Chapter 1 : Introducing the App for Transition
   • The Course Overview 00:02:42
   • Traditional Web Apps 00:06:33
   • MyToDoListJS App 00:05:49
   • Benefits of Azure App Service 00:01:19
   • First Step –GitHub 00:03:24
2. Chapter 2 : Moving to Azure
   • Creating an Account 00:03:16
   • Azure Dashboard 00:04:32
   • Resource Groups 00:02:14
   • Creating a Database 00:02:52
   • Securing the Database 00:01:41
   • Connecting to the Database 00:02:07
3. Chapter 3 : Azure App Service
   • Getting Started with Azure App Service 00:05:51
   • App Service Dashboard 00:04:14
   • Setting Up Environmental Variables 00:13:54
   • ExpressJS and Azure App Service 00:05:40
   • Preparing the Frontend 00:02:42
   • Git Remote Branches 00:01:59
   • First Deployment with Git 00:04:43
4. Chapter 4 : Deployments and WebJobs
   • Recovering from Errors 00:06:16
   • Automatic Deployments 00:03:30
   • Using VSTS 00:04:17
   • Staging Slots 00:05:00
   • Full Development Cycle 00:09:30
   • WebJobs 00:07:36
5. Chapter 5 : Monitoring Your App
   • Monitoring for Errors 00:02:52
   • Inspecting Your App's Metrics 00:03:01
   • Adding Application Insights to Your App 00:08:41
   • Querying Application Insights 00:01:53
   • Setting Up Alerts 00:05:57