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Demos used at Future Data Driven summit 2023

Future Data Driven summit 2023

Demo for the session

From databases to API: an efficient solution both on-premises and in Azure

Data API builder turns Azure Databases into REST a GraphQL API so that you can have the backend for your next modern application done in just a few minutes instead of days. With full support to authentication and authorization, integrated with Static Web Apps and easily scalable up and out – using API Management – Data API builder is something you really want to look at. Available both on Azure and on-premises, and Open Source, this is very likely to become your favorite tool. Come and learn everything about it!

Run the demo locally

Make sure you have Node and Static Web Apps CLI installed. Then run:

npm install

Create a SQL Server or an Azure SQL database and run the script in the ./database folder to create the Sessions and Speakers tables. Then create a .env file with the connection string to the database in the following format:

MSSQL='<your connection string>'

than the solution locally using SWA CLI

swa start swa start  --data-api-location .\swa-db-connections

Deploy the demo to Azure

Follow the same steps for deploying an Azure Static Web App: Tutorial: Deploy a React app on Azure Static Web Apps