Community Standup​

The Community Standups livestream happens on the last Thursday of each month. Join us for the next one on Jul 27, 2023 for some interactive demo and discussions. This month we’ll walk through adding backend functionality to your single-page app using Azure Functions. Check out the video archives for more exciting demos and guests!

Join us live @9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT or catch up on the replay later.

Monthly Roundup​

Let's start with Community Highlights

Community: Blogs​

• Azure Static Web Apps, Next.js and Azure DevOps (Japanese) - Jul 5
• Use preview environments for testing SWA – `Jul 11``
• Deploying with SWA is even faster with new HTML preset – `Jul 17``

Community: Videos​

• Build & Deploy SWA (Angular, Azure Functions, ALM & DevOps) - `July``
• Azure Static Web Apps with Blazor and .NET (NDC Oslo) - July
• Burke Learns Blazor – `June``
• Connect your SWA to Azure Databases using REST or GraphQL - `June``

Community: Events​

• Hack Together: The JavaScript On Azure Global Hack - Join students, beginners and experienced developers worldwide for this 2-week virtual hack experience on a learning journey to build enterprise-grade applications like the Contoso Real Estate app above. Aug 16-Aug 31.
• Azure Static Web Apps Community Standup – joins us for the latest news, interactive demos and discussions on Azure Static Web Apps. Livestreamed on YouTube. Jul 27.

Spotlight On ..​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

If you missed attending that session, we have some resources for you to explore on your own.

Architecture​

Teaser Video​

Get a sneak peek at what you will build

Illustrated Guide​

Want to get a sense of why we built the application, and what you will learn? Here's a visual overview. You can view or download a hi-res version of the image for a closer look.

🚨 | Call To Action!​

• Read the launch announcement post.
• Fork the open-source repo and explore it! (Give us a star if you like it!)
• Join a live coding series exploring the codebase for refactoring (Portuguese)

And keep an eye on the Microsoft Learn documentation site for more updates.

Product News​

This section covers recent news or announcements from the product team. Read on to learn the latest news from the world of Azure Static Web Apps!

🌟 Database Connections now available! 🌟
Find all the resources in our Database Connections: Content Collection

• March 15 | Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps support for A Record Azure Static Web Apps introduces the ability to add an APEX custom domain with an A record to enable the use of domain registrars that do not support ALIAS record, ANAME record and CNAME flattening. | Read More For Details!
• March 15 | Public preview: Database connections support in Azure Static Web Apps Azure Static Web Apps introduces database connections with Data API Builder. Now, you can access your Azure database content directly from your frontend client application, without the need to write backend code. Make REST and GraphQL requests to the built-in /data-api endpoint to securely retrieve and modify your database contents. | Learn more and get started today!
• March 15 | Public preview: Data API builder instantly creates modern REST and GraphQL endpoints for modern databases With data API builder, database objects can be exposed via REST or GraphQL endpoints so that your data can be accessed using modern techniques on any platform, any language, and any device. | Data API builder is available as an Open-Source project here

Dev Resources​

This section covers content, events and code samples from Microsoft authors. Check them out for relevant learning resources and best practices.

• March 07 | techcommunity.microsoft.com - Azure function app doesn't work after unlinking to Azure static web app by Tony Ju. Linking an existing Azure function app to an Azure static web app will map the function to the /api route of your static web app, but when then accessing the function app outside your static web app, you get an error. Follow this walk through on how to update your function's authentication settings to get working for both scenarios.
• March 16 | youtube.com - Connect to a Database directly from Static Web Apps by Thomas Gauvin. Discover how to connect your Azure SQL Database to your Static Web Apps, and access it through a secure data endpoint generated for you. This video shows how to setup the connection, and use the REST API to perform Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) operation on your data.
• March 16 | youtube.com - Query a Database using GraphQL from your Static Web Apps by Craig Shoemaker. Learn how to query your Database directly through your Static Web Apps using GraphQL, without having to write any backend code with Azure Static Web Apps database connections feature. This video shows how to setup and use the database connection feature to use GraphQL queries in your apps.
• March 16 | techcommunity.microsoft.com - GraphQL on Azure: Part 13 - Using Data API builder with SWA and React by Aaron Powell. Follow along in this walkthrough on how you can create your own React application that uses GraphQL to fetch data from a Cosmos DB database using Database Connections!

Community Buzz​

• March 13 | dev.to - Astro and Azure Static Web Apps by Florian Rappl In this article what Astro is, and why it is ideal for an information driven static website. Then dive into Azure SWA as a hosting candidate, and what you might want to consider when going there, and how to deploy your Astro site.
• March 10 | geeksforgeeks.org - How to use Azure Static Web Apps to Deploy an Angular App by Manikandan Shanmugam Follow this step by step guide on how you can create and deploy your own Angular app to Azure Static Web Apps with having just a GitHub and an Azure account.
• March 20 | blog.johnnyreilly.com - Playwright, GitHub Actions and Azure Static Web Apps staging environments by John Reilly Azure Static Web Apps staging environments allow you to test changes before they go live. This post shows how to use Playwright against staging environments with GitHub Actions.

Upcoming Events​

This section highlights in-person or online events that are likely to feature Azure Static Web Apps content or developer conversations - links to CFPs or registration links are welcome!

• March 23 | ✨ Join LIVE for Azure Static Web Apps Community Standups ✨ Meet members of the Azure Static Web Apps team as they cover the latest news, demos and announcements in a livestreamed event (12pm EST).
• March 20-24 | Microsoft Student Summit Register for free for this 90 min career focused event! Watch live or on-demand after event, and stay tuned for post-Summit skilling activities in your region.
• April 5 | Azure Developers - .NET Day Join us to discover the latest services and features in Azure designed specifically for .NET developers. You'll learn cutting-edge cloud development techniques that can save you time and money, while providing your customers with the best experience possible.
• April 26 | VS Code Day 2023 Our annual event where you'll learn how to elevate your development workflow using the latest and greatest features of VS Code.
• May 23-24 | Microsoft Build Advance your knowledge and skills with deep interactive sessions focused on cloud and AI, .NET, data and analytics, dev tools, DevSecOps and SRE, low-code, and more. Register now to attend the event live in Seattle or remote from anywhere in the world.

Did You Know?​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

Ready to learn more? We've got you covered! The site is now updated with Collections where you can find links to recoures for lots of topics. Check out our Database Connections: Content Collection with all you'll need on database connections.

Or, here's some links for you to get your database connection going now:

• Get started for free by connecting a database to your Static Web Apps resource
• Learn more about Database connections for Static Web Apps

As you have feedback and ideas, we'd love to hear it! Join the GitHub Database Connection Discussion to share with us.

🚨 | Call For Content​

Product News​

This section covers recent news or announcements from the product team. Read on to learn the latest news from the world of Azure Static Web Apps!

• Feb 15 | Public preview: Python 3.10 Support By using Python 3.10 for your app, you can leverage the latest language and runtime improvements in Python. To use Python 3.10 in your Azure functions, please use Functions version 4.x. Azure Static Web Apps support for Python 3.10 follows the Python 3.10 lifecycle. | Read More For Details!

• Feb 08 | Update: Enhanced Next.js Hybrid support in Static Web Apps Static Web Apps recently enhanced the support for Next.js Hybrid rendering. It now has support for standalone and for split deployment (of static and dynamic content). These changes will reflect in your Next.js SSR apps on redeploy. | Comment on the thread to give your feedback

• Jan 26 | Welcome to Azure Static Web Apps Community Standups! This is a monthly livestream covering news, demos and product updates! In the first edition of the SWA Community Standup, you'll get to meet the team, learn more about the product, explore community resources, and see quickstart demos with your favorite developer tooling! | Bookmark The Playlist!

Dev Resources​

This section covers content, events and code samples from Microsoft authors. Check them out for relevant learning resources and best practices.

• Feb 16 | youtube.com - Why I Have Fallen In Love with Azure Static Web Apps | Complete Beginner's Guide by James Montemagno. No matter if you are building a web app with libraries and web frameworks like Blazor, Angular, React, Svelte, Vue, Next.js, Nuxt.js, Gatsby, Hugo, VuePress, or basically anything that has static content (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), you can take advantage of Azure Static Web Apps. In this video I walk through how to create your very first Azure Static Web app, how to deploy it with GitHub actions, how to communicate with an Azure Function backend, and how to setup a full custom domain name with SSL certs! In under 30 minutes!

• Feb 07 | techcommunity.microsoft.com - How to setup Built-in Authentication for Azure SWA using Azure Active Directory by Joey Huang. Azure Static Web Apps provides 2 mechanisms for authentication: built-in auth and custom auth. It enables authentication by simply defining the routing rules and roles in the staticwebapp.config.json config file. Let's walk through enabling built-in auth using Azure AD step-by-step!

• Jan 24 | techcommunity.microsoft.com - Integrating network isolated backends with Azure Static Web Apps by Thomas Gauvin. Azure Static Web Apps allows you to easily host your web apps globally, with built-in support for APIs, staging environments and more. With the new API integration feature you can also link network isolated backends to benefit from this feature’s key benefits: integrated security and seamless routing. Read the post for more details!

Community Buzz​

• Feb 17 | medium - Hosting your student portfolio for free on Azure static web Apps As a student, it can be difficult😒😒 to showcase your work to potential employers, especially when you don’t have a personal website or the means to host one. By hosting your portfolio on Azure Static Web Apps, you can get a professional and easily accessible portfolio to help you stand out from other applicants. Learn how!

• Jan 16 | dev.to - Serverless in Azure using Static Web Apps, Functions and Cosmos DB by Arnab Choudhuri In this post, we look at Serverless development on Azure - from tools for local development, to built-in authentication support, HTTP-triggered functions, seamless integration with a data layer built in CosmosDB. Finally we look at the CI/CD using GitHub Actions - all in the context of a real-world scenario.

• Jan 03 | dev.to - Deploy A Single Page Application to Azure Static Webapp using TeamCity, Jenkins or any CI, or command line by Ghassan Karwchan I was trying to setup a deployment for an SPA application to an Azure Static Web app using TeamCity, but most of the tutorials I found was doing the deployment through CI/CD of Github's Actions .. But what if .. we need to do it on demand from TeamCity, or any other CI/CD tool? You can do this using the Azure Static Web Apps CLI! Learn how.

• Case Study: | github.com - Peacock VS Code Extension Docs on SWA by John Papa. Want to check out a real-world case study that you can replicate for your own scenarios? C vscode-peacock is a VS Code extension that lets you subtly change the colors in your editor to reflect your context! It has over 2.1M installs and 8.5M+ downloads - and has its documentation hosted on Azure Static Web Apps.

Upcoming Events​

This section highlights in-person or online events that are likely to feature Azure Static Web Apps content or developer conversations - links to CFPs or registration links are welcome!

• Feb 22 | ✨ Join LIVE for Azure Static Web Apps Community Standups ✨ Meet members of the Azure Static Web Apps team as they cover the latest news, demos and announcements in a livestreamed event (12pm EST).
• Feb 1-Mar 1 | Are you a pro-dev who wants to contribute to the Low-Code revolution? Join us all-month for Low Code February for #30DaysOfLowCode learning!

Did You Know?​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

Want hands-on experience with Azure SWA adapter + SvelteKit? Check out Creating a SvelteKit app for Azure Static Web Apps - a 4-part series from a member of the Svelte team, that covers end-to-end flow of code from the local machine to the Azure SWA deployment shown below.

• Part 1 - Create Svelte App
• Part 2 - Add an API
• Part 3 - Use the Azure SWA adapter
• Part 4 - Deploy to Azure

🚨 Note: The tutorial is from Nov 2022, pre-release of SvelteKit 1.0. If you try this out and have updates or learnings, do share this with us as a contribution to the next roundup!

🚨 | Call For Content​

Product News​

This section covers recent news or announcements from the product team. Read on to learn the latest news from the world of Azure Static Web Apps!

• Dec 14 | Generally available: Static Web Apps Diagnostics Azure Static Web Apps Diagnostics is an intelligent tool to help you troubleshoot your static web app directly from the Azure Portal. When issues arise, Static Web Apps diagnostics will help you diagnose what went wrong and will show you how to resolve the issues. Get Started with your Static Web App diagnositics.

Dev Resources​

This section covers content, events and code samples from Microsoft authors. Check them out for relevant learning resources and best practices.

• Dec 6 | learn.microsoft.com - Publish a Blazor WebAssembly app and .NET API with Azure Static Web Apps by Jon Galloway and James Montemagno Follow along with this Learn Live session as Jon and James walk you through how to automatically deploy and update a Blazor web application and its API from a GitHub repository. Get started with the accompanying Learn Module.
• Dec 13 | github.com - JavaScript Portfolio Site with GitHub Codespaces by Sara Gibbons Build and deploy your own portfolio site using Codespaces and Azure Static Web Apps. All from within your browser! Watch the release discussion to learn more.
• Jan 10 | learn.microsoft.com - Configure front-end frameworks and libraries with Azure Static Web Apps The list of frameworks that work with Azure Static Web Apps continues to grow! Find a new framework to explore using the provided configuration to deploy your app. Learn more on all Static Web App build configuration options to get started.

Community Buzz​

• Dec 31 | dev.to - Deep linking with Azure Static Web Apps and Easy Auth by John Reilly Dig in on deep linking and authentication within Azure Static Web Apps. What each is, and how to implement together for your web app.
• Jan 10 | dotnetthoughts.net - Implementing Authentication in Azure Static Web Apps by Anuraj Parameswaran In this two part series, explore creating and running an app on the Azure Static Web App free plan and standard plans, along with setting up authentication for your app.
• Jan 21 | youtube.com - Azure Static Web Apps for the Enterprise by Stacy Cashmore Azure Static Web Apps is enterprise ready, and Stacy shows you the steps from infrastructure to authentication on how you can utilize Static Web Apps for your organization.

Upcoming Events​

This section highlights in-person or online events that are likely to feature Azure Static Web Apps content or developer conversations - links to CFPs or registration links are welcome!

• Jan 26 | ✨ Join LIVE for Azure Static Web Apps Community Standups ✨ In this first edition of the SWA Community Standup, we'll introduce the team, the product, some community contributions, and we'll demo how to get up and running quickly from your favorite tools.
• Jan 23 | Join Cloud Native New Year
• Feb 1 | Get ready for Low Code February

Did You Know?​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

To get you started here is a list of SWA CLI resources:

• Develop with SWA CLI - Covering the basics of getting started with SWA CLI for your development cycle.
• Deploy with SWA CLI - Get connected to Azure and deploy your Static Web App. Including the use of environment variables.
• SWA CLI GitHub Repo - Covering all of SWA CLI, and where you can share your questions, report a bug, and request a feature.

🚨 | Call For Content​

Product News​

This section covers recent news or announcements from the product team. Read on to learn the latest news from the world of Azure Static Web Apps!

• Nov 08 | Azure Static Web Apps now fully supports .NET 7 For your app’s frontend, Static Web Apps can now automatically build and deploy .NET 7.0 Blazor WebAssembly apps. For backend APIs, you can build and deploy .NET 7.0 Azure Functions with your static web apps. Get started by building your own Blazor + serverless API app.

• Nov 09 | Azure Static Web Apps now Supports Node 18 By using Node 18 for your app, you can leverage the latest language and runtime improvements in Node. For using Node 18 in your Azure functions, please use Functions version 4.x. Learn more on Azure Static Web Apps supported languages.

• Nov 09 | Static Web Apps support for Gitlab and Bitbucket This allows you to use Gitlab and Bitbucket as your CI/CD providers for Static Web Apps. You can bring your Gitlab or Bitbucket Project, create a simple YAML file using the provided template, and link it to a Static Web App created with a custom deployment source. Get started with this Gitlab tutorial and Bitbucket tutorial

Dev Resources​

This section covers content, events and code samples from Microsoft authors. Check them out for relevant learning resources and best practices.

• Nov 01 | github.com - Next.js trivia app by Aaron Powell This is a Next.js trivia demo application that shows how you can use GraphQL in an API route to talk to Azure Cosmos DB to make an application that can be deployed to Azure Static Web Apps using the hybrid Next.js app support.
• Nov 08 | techcommunity.com - Deploy a React app to Azure Static Web Apps by David Ginn and Phil Jirsa Watch Cloud Solution Architects David Ginn and Phil Jirsa demonstrate how to deploy a ReactJS application to Azure Static Web Apps using GitHub actions.
• Nov 23 | microsoft.github.io - Audio/Video Calling from a Custom App into a Teams Meeting by Dan Wahlin and Ayca Bas In this tutorial you'll learn how Azure Communication Services can be used in a custom React application to allow a user to make an audio/video call into a Microsoft Teams meeting

Community Buzz​

• Nov 14 | dev.to - Getting Started with Azure Static Web Apps by Dan Wahlin Follow along with Dan has he shows you step-by-step how to create and deploy a React web app to Azure Static Web Apps, start to finish.
• Nov 14 | youtube.com - Azure Static Web Apps with Blazor and .NET by Melissa Houghton Learn how to use Azure Static Web Apps with Blazor and .NET. Start by exploring Azure Static Web Apps, then take a look at getting started with Blazor WebAssembly paired with the serverless power of .NET Azure Functions or Azure Container Apps. And learning how to automatically build and deploy to Azure directly from our code repository.
• Nov 20 | github.com - svelte-adapter-azure-swa by Geoff Rich Adapter for Svelte apps that creates an Azure Static Web App, using an Azure function for dynamic server rendering.

2022 Event Highlights​

As we wrap up 2022 and plan for 2023, here are some highlighted SWA event sessions not to be missed!

• Azure Static Web Apps 1st Anniversary 🥳
• Use Static Web Apps to add a blog and link it to your Node web app
• Using MSAL.js to integrate React Single-page applications with Azure Active Directory – July 2022

Have an upcoming event you'd like to highlight? Share it with us so we can include it in our next roundup!

Did You Know?​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

Checkout the Static Web App enabled Awesome AZD Templates we've created:

• ToDo Application with a Node.js API and Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB on Static Web Apps and Functions
• ToDo Application with a Python API and Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB on Static Web Apps and Functions

As we work to build out Static Web App enabled Awesome AZD Templates, we'd love to hear from you! Share your template idea, or if you have a template created you'd like to add to out list, share your template with us!

🚨 | Call For Content​

Product News​

This section covers recent news or announcements from the product team. Read on to learn the latest news from the world of Azure Static Web Apps!

• Oct 03 | Universal Rendering with Nuxt 3 and Azure Static Web Apps. Previously, you were able to deploy a static rendered Nuxt app on Azure Static Web Apps, where the entire app is pre-generated as static content. However, Nuxt 3 also supports universal rendering, which provides the performance and search engine optimization of server-side rendering while still enabling client-side interactivity. Get Started with this tutorial.

• Oct 08 | Extending Next.js Support in Azure Static Web Apps
  It's here - Azure Static Web Apps has preview support for Hybrid Next.js apps, making zero-config deployments with Next.js even easier with support for Server-Side Rendering, Incremental Static Regeneration (SSR and ISR respectively), API Routes, advanced image compression, and Next.js Auth. Get Started with this tutorial.

Dev Resources​

This section covers content, events and code samples from Microsoft authors. Check them out for relevant learning resources and best practices.

• Oct 13 | Cloud-Native Architectures on Azure: Microsoft Ignite Update
  Read it to get a sense of where Azure Static Web Apps fits in the Cloud-Native ecosystem for building serverless solutions on Azure. Then Watch The Session to see a demo of the Next.js Hybrid Rendering preview, and learn about what's next for Azure Static Web Apps.

• Oct 24 | Create blazing-fast web apps with Next.js and Azure Static Web Apps
  Discover how Azure Static Web Apps support for Next.js hybrid rendering can help you create web applications optimized for SEO and performance in this 5-minute video walkthrough, part of the 20-part series of Azure Tips & Tricks: Static Web Apps that takes you from core concepts to best practices.

Community Buzz​

• Oct 03 | Microsoft MVP Stacy Cashmore just published a book on Beginning Azure Static Web Apps with a focus on "Building and Deploying Dynamic Web Applications with Blazor". The book covers dynamic content with Azure Functions, discusses the JAMstack revolution, and contains examples built using Visual Studio 2022. You can find Stacy's tweet with more details.

Upcoming Events​

This section highlights in-person or online events that are likely to feature Azure Static Web Apps content or developer conversations - links to CFPs or registration links are welcome!

• Oct 27 | Join MVP Stacy Cashmore at Microsoft Reactor and go From Zero To Deployed App in 60 Minutes
• Nov 8-10 | Register for .NET Conf 2022 and attend the session on Azure Static Web Apps with Blazor and .NET.
• Nov 9-10 | Register for GitHub Universe and look out for some great sessions from Microsoft speakers there!

Did You Know?​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

Azure Static Web Apps was a key focus for the Student Audience with sessions focused on the topic at 6 of 7 regional events. Here are links to the relevant recordings:

• North America (Thomas And Ricardo) - View Recording
• EMEA (Sandro) - View Recording
• India (Reshmi) - View Recording
• Asia Pacific (Julia) - View Recording
• Brasil (Lavinia) - View Recording
• LATAM (Christopher and Francisco) - View Recording

Microsoft Student Ambassadors also participated in a Static Web Apps Bug Bash 🐞 - getting hands-on experience with providing valuable product feedback, and working with product teams to help resolve identified issues! Learn more about the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Program

🚨 | Call For Content​

Product News​

This section covers recent news or announcements from the product team. Read on to learn the latest news from the world of Azure Static Web Apps!

• Aug 31 | Generally available: Enterprise-grade edge for Azure Static Web Apps
  Enterprise-grade edge for Azure Static Web Apps is now generally available. Enable faster page loads, enhance security, and optimize reliability for your global applications.

• Sep 27 | Support for .NET Core 3.1 in Azure Static Web Apps that use Azure Functions will end on Dec 3, 2022
  After this date, your existing static web apps that use Azure Functions will continue to work, but security patches and customer service for .NET Core 3.1 will no longer be provided.

• Sep 27 | Support for Node 12 in Azure Static Web Apps will end on Dec 3, 2022
  After this date, your existing static web apps that use Azure Functions will continue to work, but security patches and customer service for Node 12 will no longer be provided.

Dev Resources​

This section covers content, events and code samples from Microsoft authors. Check them out for relevant learning resources and best practices.

• Aug 14 | learn.microsoft.com - Learn: A Full Stack Application with Azure SQL & Prisma by Glaucia Lemos. Your complete guide to create a scalable full-stack application using: Node.Js, Prisma, Azure SQL, Azure Functions along with deploying to Azure Static Web Apps integrated with GitHub Actions!

• Sep 2 | techcommunity.com - How to move your React website from localhost to the internet by Bethany Jepchumba. Now that you have your frontend React app running locally, time to take it to the cloud. Follow this step-by-step guide utilizing Azure Static Web Apps CLI to deploy your site.

• Sep 23 | youtube.com - New API back-end options in Azure Static Web Apps | Azure Friday by Annina Keller and Scott Hanselman. Annina shows how Azure Static Web Apps provides built-in serverless API endpoints via integration with Azure services, including Azure App Service, Azure API Management, Azure Container Apps, and Azure Functions. Read the full Tech Community article

Community Buzz​

• Aug 25 | c-sharpcorner.com - Static Web Apps With APIs With Azure Functions by Jorge Levy. Did you know you can deploy a full-stack application with Azure Static Web Apps?Follow along with this walk through to create a vanilla JavaScript frontend app with a C# Azure Function for an API.

• Sep 1 | dev.to - Taking Azure Static Web Apps from Out of the Box to Your Complex Pipelines by Stacy Cashmore. When you have a large and complex application, and your SWA is only a small part of that stack, build process is key. Here is how to get that dialed in to your needs.

• Sep 3 | github.com - Simple Library Management by Muhammad Samiullah. For those new to web development, here's a starter app for you! Learn JavaScript, web storage and deploying your first site to Azure Static Web Apps.

Upcoming Events​

This section highlights in-person or online events that are likely to feature Azure Static Web Apps content or developer conversations - links to CFPs or registration links are welcome!

• Oct 7, 2022 | Microsoft Student Summit - virtual event held globally
• Oct 12-14, 2022 | Microsoft Ignite - in-person (Seattle) and online
• Nov 9-10, 2022 | GitHub Universe - in-person (San Francisco) and online

Did You Know?​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

If you are a student, we'd also love to hear from you while we go through this review. Here is how you can provide your feedback on our Azure Static Web App Learn documentation and training materials.

1. Checkout this great list of current Azure Static Web App Learn materials the Ambassador team has put together.
2. Pick out an item to review.
3. If you find a bug, have an idea, or just have a question, share it with us! Go to the microsoft/studentambassadors repo to create a new issue. Be sure to tag if you are student, Ambassador, or educator.

🚨 | Call For Content​

Product News​

This section covers recent news or announcements from the product team. Read on to learn the latest news from the world of Azure Static Web Apps!

• Jun 22 | Azure SWA now supports more API options
  You can now link Azure App Service, Azure Container Apps, and Azure API Management services seamlessly to your SWA's API endpoint. Read the docs and explore the sample walkthrough to learn more.

• Jun 8 | Static Web Apps CLI is generally available.
  The v1.0 release was launched in late May, adding new commands like swa init, swa login and swa deploy to create an all-in-1 tool for local SWA development. Explore the documentation here

Don't forget to bookmark the Azure Updates page to get updates at any time.

Dev Resources​

This section covers content, events and code samples from Microsoft authors. Check them out for relevant learning resources and best practices.

• Aug 3 | dev.to - Deploy Azure Static Web Apps using Python by Jay Miller. Are you a Python developer interested in exploring Azure Static Web Apps? In this post, Jay walks you through configuring and deploying your first Python SWA from VS Code.

• Jul 22 | TechCommunity - Host your website on Azure Static Web Apps for free by Julia Muiruri. Students looking to get started with Azure, create your Azure for Students account and deploy your first website within minutes!

• Jul 20 | dev.to -Taking a SWA DevOps Pipeline to the next level by Aaron Powell. We know SWA works seamlessly with GitHub Actions to automate the default build-deploy workflow. What if you need a more complex custom CI/CD pipeline? This article walks you through one such example.

Community Buzz​

• Jul 19 | techcommunity.com - Azure Adventure – A RPG game to test student’s Azure practical skills by Wong Cyrus, Dept Information Technology of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education. Azure Adventure is an open source HTML5 RPG game that builds on top of the latest version of Azure Automatic Grading Engine, utilizing SWA.

Upcoming Events​

This section highlights in-person or online events that are likely to feature Azure Static Web Apps content or developer conversations - links to CFPs or registration links are welcome!

• Sep 1-30, 2022 | Serverless September - explore Serverless on Azure
• Oct 7, 2022 | Microsoft Student Summit - virtual event held globally
• Oct 12-14, 2022 | Microsoft Ignite - in-person (Seattle) and online

Did You Know?​

Each month, we hope to turn the spotlight on one key resource or person that is worth knowing about, in the context of Azure Static Web Apps.

Here's a snapshot of what that tag profile looks like! Follow the tag to get articles in your dev.to feed - or subscribe to the feed from your favorite RSS reader.

That's all we had for this roundup! Tell us what you think about this new format for a monthly summary! And don't forget to send us your contributions.

🚨 | Call For Content​