Deploying FastAPI on Azure Using VS Code Extensions
Sometimes we want to deploy an API on Azure quickly for POC (Proof of Concept) purposes, testing ideas, or sharing prototypes without setting up complex infrastructure. FastAPI, being a modern, fast web framework for building APIs with Python, is perfect for such scenarios due to its high performance, automatic API documentation, and ease of use. In this comprehensive blog post, we'll walk through deploying a simple FastAPI application to Azure App Service using the Azure extensions available in Visual Studio Code. This approach is straightforward, leverages the power of VS Code's integrated tools to streamline the process, and allows developers to focus on coding rather than infrastructure setup. By the end of this guide, you'll have a fully functional API running on Azure, accessible from anywhere.