Inspiration
I needed to learn Azure for work. A lot of the things that are now second-nature to me were quite difficult to figure out. As far as I can tell, there are no ready Postman collections that have delved this deep into Azure. I wanted to build something that could have saved me a lot of time 3 or 4 months ago.
What it does
This workspace is intended first and foremost as a demo of how to interact with Azure. If you follow the documentation thoroughly, you'll be able to set up the basic resources that you will need for a truly serverless fullstack application (mobile, web, whatever you feel like!). It's also intended to clarify some concepts, such as service principals, division between authorization schemes (management vs. storage, for example), and importance of versioning.
How we built it
I definitely did not split the atom here. Just went through the Azure documentation, brainstormed what the most frequent use case for its services would be, and remembered my biggest pain points when I was first starting. Then I built something for past me.
Challenges we ran into
1) Deciding what to include and what to exclude. Azure's REST API is massive. I wanted to teach some basics about the service with as few calls as possible. 2) Making the workspace beginner friendly. 3) Ran out of time :)
Accomplishments that we're proud of
It's a starting point for Azure development! I'm looking forward to further develop this workspace. I looked for other collections on Azure but couldn't find any. Maybe I just didn't dig deep enough.
What we learned
Stand on the shoulders of giants! Special shout out to Jon Gallant, Thomas Jaekel, and AzureTipsandTricks blog.
What's next for Azure Rest API
Develop it further. Cover more of Azure's API and explore more edge-case scenarios. Get feedback from the community to see how to improve the collections and/or the documentation. Make it even MORE beginner friendly.
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