Developing Azure Functions with JetBrains Rider

A quick post on getting started with Azure Functions in JetBrains Rider

My go-to IDE for .NET development has been JetBrains Rider. In this post, we will explore how to get started with writing Azure Functions in JetBrains Rider.

Installing Azure Toolkit for Rider plugin

First step is to get Rider smootly work with Azure Services. For this JetBrains has an plugin named Azure Toolkit for Rider. Go ahead and install it and Restart your IDE.

Creating the Function

After restart, if now click New Solution on the welcome screen, you will be presented with window for selecting templates. Select Azure Functions under Other type. If you do not have it already you will asked to install Azure Functions Core Tools here.

Click on the link to install it.