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Azure App Service helps creating and hosting static web apps
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Nowadays,web appsare more and more adopting static front-end design patterns withclient-sideprocessing powered by JavaScript.
The idea is not to rely on web servers and consequently require a new structure of supporting cloud resources.
At this year’s Build event, Microsoft announced that theAzureApp Service has been expanded with a new hosting offer specially designed for static web apps.
How can I use Azure App Service to host my static web app?
Microsoft is offering now a preview version of theApp Service Static Web Appsfordeveloperswho want to build JavaScript web apps with static front-ends and optional dynamic back-ends powered by serverless APIs.
The advantages of Static Web Apps are thatdeveloperscan deploy apps in minutes and they save money by using serverless technologies.
What are the advantages of using the App Service Static Web Apps?
Adeveloperdetails the characteristics in anAzure blog:
Pre-rendering static content (including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and image files) and leveraging global content distribution to serve thiscontentremoves the need for traditional web servers generating thecontentwith every request.
Moving dynamic logic to serverless APIs unlocks dynamic scale that can adjust to demand in real-time and can empowerdevelopersto access the benefits of microservices as they evolve and extend individual app components.
The service is designed fordevelopersusing frameworks like Angular, React, Svelte, and Vue or static site generators like Gatsby looking for a simple interface to deploy the cloud resources.
How can I start using the Static Web Apps?
Microsoft added all the links for documentation in thepresentation blog.
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