AzUrlShortener: An open source, budget-friendly URL shortener | Azure Friday

In this episode of Azure Friday, Frank Boucher joins Scott Hanselman to talk about AzUrlShortener – an open source, budget-friendly URL shortener you can deploy directly from GitHub with one click into your Azure subscription. Frank explains how to get it, why it’s inexpensive, and explores the source code.

[0:01:34] – Demo

• FBoucher/AzUrlShortener GitHub project
• AzUrlShortener: How It Works
• Azure Functions overview
• Table storage overview
• Azure Cosmos DB Table API
• Frank Boucher videos: Project: Azure Url Shortener (AzUrlShortener)
• Create a free account (Azure)

Source: Channel 9

Resources

• Azure Friday – https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday
• Free Azure Account – https://aka.ms/cldntvshw/freeazure
• AzUrlShortener source code – https://github.com/FBoucher/AzUrlShortener