Azure & DevOps Podcast James Montemagno: .NET Aspire with Azd - Episode 332
James Montemagno is a Principal Lead Program Manager for the Developer Community at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005, working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Prior to becoming a Principal Program Manager, James was a professional mobile developer and has been crafting apps since 2011 with Xamarin. In his spare time, he is most likely cycling around Seattle or guzzling gallons of coffee at a local coffee shop. He co-hosts the weekly development podcast Merge Conflict mergeconflict.fm.
Topics of Discussion:
[:36] Jeffrey introduces the concept of .NET Aspire and highlights its integration with Azure DevOps and .NET ecosystem tools.
[2:51] The evolution of .NET mobile and desktop development since 2005.
[4:45] An overview of .NET Aspire and its focus on simplifying app development and infrastructure orchestration.
[11:45] How .NET Aspire supports both local development and cloud deployment.
[16:24] Integrating DevOps automation for Azure deployments using bicep templates and Azure Developer CLI (azd).
[25:30] Generating infrastructure manifests and deploying them with Azure Developer CLI.
[32:51] Configuring Azure resources like Redis Cache for development and deployment scenarios.
[35:11] Simplifying cloud deployment for developers using Azure Container Apps.
[39:37] Polyglot support in .NET Aspire projects, allowing integration with Python, JavaScript, and more.
[44:50] Plans to integrate development tunnels to streamline mobile app testing.
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.NET Aspire Manifest plus + azd + Bicep == Mind Blown
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