[Online] Azure IaC Event 5: Repeatable Deployments with Farmer by Isaac Abraham

Dear members of the Azure Zurich User Group,

We are happy to announce our next Azure Zurich virtual meetup.

This meetup is number 5 in our series on Azure Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC):

27.10.2020 IaC-Event 1: Azure IaC with Github Tools by Manuel Sidler
Video (check description): https://speakerdeck.com/azurezurich/october-2020-azure-iac-with-github-tools-by-manuel-sidler

08.12.2020 IaC Event 2: ARM Templates for the win! by Marcel Zehner
Video (check description) & Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/azurezurich/december-2020-arm-template-for-the-win-and-bicep-by-marcel-zehner-video-in-description

19.01.2021 IaC Event 3: Azure IaC with Terraform by Jonas Wanninger
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/azurezurich/january-2021-azure-iac-with-terraform-by-jonas-wanninger

02.02.2021 IaC Event 4: Azure IaC with Azure Devops by Marc Müller
https://speakerdeck.com/azurezurich/february-2021-azure-iac-with-azure-devops-by-marc-muller

09.02.2021 IaC Event 5: Repeatable Deployments with Farmer by Isaac Abraham
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Microsoft-Azure-Zurich-User-Group/events/275023711/

AGENDA

• 16:45 Meeting is open.
• 17:00 Welcome from the Azure Zurich User Group (Manu Meyer)
• 17:10 Repeatable Deployments with Farmer by Isaac Abraham
• 18:30 End

Abstract:
Azure Resource Manager templates have made repeatable deployments on Azure a reality. However, the true cost of these templates is the cost of authoring them, generally involving painstaking and error-prone management of JSON files.

Whilst improvements in tooling have helped ameliorate this problem, there's a need to rethink how we create ARM templates, which is where the Farmer project comes in.

In this session you'll be exposed to the following:

• Learn about the basics of ARM templates and the value proposition behind them
• Understand the cost of working with ARM templates
• See how we can use a .NET domain specific language (DSL) to rapidly author and work with ARM templates.
• See common use cases and cost-benefit of ARM templates
• Look at ways of dealing with elements such as parameterisation and variables through a programming language rather than through JSON and stringly-typed expressions
• Discuss how to deploy ARM templates through repeatable continuous integration and deployment tools

Bio:
Isaac Abraham is the author of Get Programming with F# and the director of Compositional IT. As a Microsoft MVP and.NET developer since .NET 1.0, he specializes in consultancy, training and development, helping customers adopt high-quality, functional-first solutions on the .NET platform. He is especially interested in cloud computing and distributed compute challenges.

More information about me can be found on https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacabraham/

The event is free of charge, virtual-only, open to anybody interested and held in English.