The right tools are essential for building applications on Azure, yet developer-specific options are often overlooked compared to DevOps or infrastructure tooling.
A review of tools like Metrics for Azure Storage, Application Insights, Azure Cloud Explorer, and AZCopy helps with monitoring, debugging, and data transfer.
Use the open-source migration tool to assess compatibility for moving to Cosmos DB and leverage Shared Access Signatures (SAS) for secure, temporary data access.
Service Bus Explorer is a powerful desktop tool for inspecting, modifying, and purging messages in Azure Service Bus queues and topics during development.
The Azure Price Calculator and the Cosmos DB Capacity Calculator are essential for forecasting costs, with features for sharing, dev/test pricing, and custom licensing.
Tools like Azure Speed Test and the REST API Browser allow you to measure regional network latency and test API calls directly from your browser.
Local emulators for services like Cosmos DB are useful for development but have significant performance and container limitations that you must be aware of.
Essential automation scripts for deleting all resources, stopping virtual machines, and capturing network packets can streamline daily development and management workflows.
21:29Stacy Cashmore
43:26Markus Möller
32:42Ryan Niño Dizon
32:03Eldert Grootenboer & Olena Borzenko-Turianska
54:27Jose Luis Latorre Millas
25:06Michaël Hompus
20:15Menaka Baskerpillai
26:22Mustafa Toroman
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