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Declare parameters with decorators for validation💡 Analogy
Parameter decorators are like form field validators — they prevent invalid input before the server ever sees it.
Bicep decorators (@description, @allowed, @secure) add metadata and validation to parameters. Clean, readable, and enforced at compile time.
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# Editing main.bicep in VS Code with Bicep extension
●main.bicep
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1targetScope = 'resourceGroup'
2 
3@description('Azure region for all resources')
4param location string = resourceGroup().location
5 
6@description('Environment name (dev/staging/prod)')
7@allowed(['dev', 'staging', 'prod'])
8param environment string
9 
10@secure()
11@description('Database administrator password')
12param adminPassword string
13 
14// ── Reference a module from the Bicep Registry ──
15module network 'br/public:avm/res/network/virtual-network:0.4.0' = {
16  name: 'vnetDeploy'
17  params: {
18    name: 'vnet-${environment}'
19    location: location
20    addressPrefixes: ['10.0.0.0/16']
21  }
22}
23 
24// ── Local module for app service ──
25module appService './modules/app-service.bicep' = {
26  name: 'appDeploy'
27  params: {
28    location: location
29    vnetSubnetId: network.outputs.subnetResourceIds[0]
30    environment: environment
31  }
32}
33 
34// ── Export the app URL ──
35output appUrl string = appService.outputs.defaultHostname
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Declare parameters with decorators for validation💡 Analogy
Parameter decorators are like form field validators — they prevent invalid input before the server ever sees it.
Bicep decorators (@description, @allowed, @secure) add metadata and validation to parameters. Clean, readable, and enforced at compile time.
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# Editing main.bicep in VS Code with Bicep extension

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Declare parameters with decorators for validation

💡 Analogy

Parameter decorators are like form field validators — they prevent invalid input before the server ever sees it.

Bicep decorators (@description, @allowed, @secure) add metadata and validation to parameters. Clean, readable, and enforced at compile time.

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# Editing main.bicep in VS Code with Bicep extension

Declare parameters with decorators for validation

💡 Analogy

Parameter decorators are like form field validators — they prevent invalid input before the server ever sees it.

Bicep decorators (@description, @allowed, @secure) add metadata and validation to parameters. Clean, readable, and enforced at compile time.

Console Output

# Editing main.bicep in VS Code with Bicep extension