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Activate a free Azure subscription (30 days with all the Azure features available to test). Practice with the samples described in the book.

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

A block of code is set as follows:

public interface IOrderRepository
    {
        List<Order> Read();
        void Write(Order order);
    }

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

public interface IOrderRepository
    {
        List<Order> Read();
        void Write(Order order);
    }

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Now select the Queues option and add a new queue"

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

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