Microsoft is announcing at JavaOne that Java support is coming to its Azure Functions serverless service, fulfilling one of its biggest developer requests.

Azure Functions, Microsoft's serverless computing experience in the cloud, now officially supports the Java programming language and has also made it easier to work with TypeScript.

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Java developers can use their existing tools to develop with Azure Functions, Microsoft said. For example, Microsoft just released a Maven plugin for deploying Azure functions from Maven-enabled ...

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Azure Functions, Microsoft’s platform for building serverless applications, has long supported a variety of programming languages but it’s adding an important one today: Java.

Serverless computing becomes a focus at JavaOne 2017, as Oracle introduces Project Fn and Microsoft previews Java support for Azure Functions.