Azure Durable Functions can be very useful but they are a bit of a 'black box'. If you're not entirely sure what you're doing, you can set yourself up for hours of debugging trying to find obscure issues.

The goal of this session to make sure you know everything you need to avoid possible pitfalls, and to show you the inner workings of Durable Functions.

We will go over what the "Durable" in Durable Functions actually means and how that works behind the scenes. We will also look at example code for several typical use cases such as fan out/in and chaining.

Once we understand what Durable Functions are and how they work, we will take a look at the pitfalls I encountered while setting up, debugging and deploying a complex Azure Durable Function setup to production. We'll look at mistakes I made and how to avoid them.

If you're looking to get started with Azure Durable Function, this is the session for you!