Supported languages and environments
Supported development environments
You can run any azd template, in one of the following supported development environments:
| Environment | Description | Pros | Cons | Feature Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Machine via CLI | Not in a container, dependencies are manually installed by you, and the project is run on your local machine. | You control all dependencies. You may already have some of the dependencies installed. You don't need Docker installed. | You have to manually install all dependencies. | Stable |
| Visual Studio Code | Run and debug azd templates using the Visual Studio Code extension. |
You can work with azd using a code editor and extension system you may already be comfortable with. |
Requires installing an extension. | Beta |
| Visual Studio | Run and debug azd templates using Visual Studio (preview). |
You can work with azd using an IDE you may already be comfortable with. |
Requires installing a separate preview version of Visual Studio. | Alpha |
| DevContainer / VS Code Remote - Containers | Container with all dependencies installed and run on your local machine. | Other than VS Code, Docker, and the Remote Containers VS Code extension, all dependencies are installed for you in the DevContainer. | You need to clone the repository. The container initialization can take a long time. | Beta |
| GitHub Codespaces | Container with all dependencies installed and running on GitHub.com in the browser. | All dependencies are installed without cloning the code locally. | Run and debug that requires launching a web browser is currently not supported because of known limitation with GitHub Codespaces. | Beta |
Supported Azure compute services (host)
azd supports several services for hosting your app. Services marked as alpha are experimental and need to be enabled manually with azd config to use them. beta features may experience breaking changes. stable features are not expected to experience breaking changes.
For more information about each feature stage, see feature versioning and release strategy. For a list of all features and their stages, see Alpha, Beta, and Stable Feature Stages.
| Azure compute service | Feature Stage |
|---|---|
| Azure App Service | Stable |
| Azure Static Web Apps | Stable |
| Azure Container Apps | Beta |
| Azure Functions | Stable |
| Azure Kubernetes Service | Beta (only for projects deployable via kubectl apply -f) |
| Azure Spring Apps | Beta |
Supported languages and frameworks
Currently supported languages and frameworks:
| Language | Feature Stage |
|---|---|
| Node.js | Stable |
| Python | Stable |
| .NET | Stable |
| Java | Stable |
For more information about each feature stage, see feature versioning and release strategy
Next Steps
- Install the Azure Developer CLI.
- Walk through the
azdquickstart to see Azure Developer CLI in action.