add azure functions basic page

mattmakai · mattmakai · commit 96ebd852d250 · 2019-02-26T08:32:34.000-05:00
diff --git a/content/pages/05-deployment/40-azure-functions.markdown b/content/pages/05-deployment/40-azure-functions.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+title: Azure Functions
+category: page
+slug: azure-functions
+sortorder: 0540
+toc: False
+sidebartitle: Azure Functions
+meta: Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that can execute Python 3.6 code.
+
+
+# Azure Functions
+[Azure Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/)
+is a compute service created by Microsoft that can execute Python code in 
+response to pre-defined events, such as API calls or database transactions
+in other Azure services.
+
+<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/" style="border:none"><img src="/img/logos/azure.png" width="100%" alt="Microsoft Azure logo." class="shot"></a>
+
+<div class="well see-also">Azure Functions is an implementation of the <a href="/serverless.html">serverless</a> concept. Learn how these pieces fit together in the <a href="/deployment.html">deployment</a> chapter or view the <a href="/table-of-contents.html">table of contents</a> for all topics.</div>
+
+
+### Azure Functions resources
+* [An introduction to Azure Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-overview)
+  is the official quickstart guide by Microsoft and has some good high-level
+  information on their platform's services as well.
+
+* [Azure Functions vs AWS Lambda – Scaling Face Off](https://www.azurefromthetrenches.com/azure-functions-vs-aws-lambda-scaling-face-off/)
+  contains metrics from comparing AWS Lambda with Azure Functions in
+  response time, user load, requests per second and error rate
+  over various periods of time.
+
diff --git a/static/img/logos/azure.png b/static/img/logos/azure.png
diff --git a/theme/templates/choices/azure-functions.html b/theme/templates/choices/azure-functions.html
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <h3>What do you want to learn about next?</h3>
 <div class="row">
-    <div class="c4">
-        <div class="well select-next">
-            {% include "choices/buttons/web-frameworks.html" %}
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="c4">
-        <div class="well select-next">
-            {% include "choices/buttons/docker.html" %}
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="c4">
-        <div class="well select-next">
-            {% include "choices/buttons/databases.html" %}
-        </div>
-    </div>
+ <div class="c4">
+  <div class="well select-next">
+   {% include "choices/buttons/web-frameworks.html" %}
+  </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="c4">
+  <div class="well select-next">
+   {% include "choices/buttons/docker.html" %}
+  </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="c4">
+  <div class="well select-next">
+   {% include "choices/buttons/databases.html" %}
+  </div>
+ </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/theme/templates/table-of-contents.html b/theme/templates/table-of-contents.html
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ <h4>5.9 <a href="/containers.html">Containers</a></h4>
 <div class="tc"><a href="/kubernetes.html">Kubernetes</a></div>
 <h4>5.10 <a href="/serverless.html">Serverless Architectures</a></h4>
 <div class="tc tds"><a href="/aws-lambda.html">AWS Lambda</a></div>
-<div class="tc tds sn">Azure Functions</div>
+<div class="tc tds"><a href="/azure-functions.html">Azure Functions</a></div>
 <div class="tc tds"><a href="/google-cloud-functions.html">Google Cloud Functions</a></div>
 
 <h3>6. <a href="/devops.html">DevOps</a></h3>
