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Prerequisites

1. A recent version of Node (8+)

2. VS Code: here

3. Azure Functions CLI: here

4. Azure Functions Extension for VS Code: here

5. Azure account: https://aka.ms/free

Run locally

1. Install all dependencies by running npm i

2. In VS Code, go to the Azure Functions extension and click on Create New Project... icon. This will create a local.settings.json file for us and configure local debugging.

3. In local.settings.json, setup your environment variables for connecting to your database:

{
  "IsEncrypted": false,
  "Values": {
    "AzureWebJobsStorage": "",
    "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "node",
    "user": "your-db-user",
    "password": "your-db-password",
    "port": "your-db-port"
  }
}

1. In VS Code, go to the Debugging panel and run application by cliking on the Start debugging icon (small play button on the left hand side of the top bar)

Congrats!! You made it - built your very first endpoint on Serverless!

Bonus: If interested to learn more about serverless make sure to checkout the free self guided courses on Microsoft Learn Serverless Path