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Learn about AWS CDK with TypeScript

AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) with TypeScript enables developers to define cloud infrastructure using familiar programming concepts. It provides a high-level object-oriented framework for defining AWS resources as code. With AWS CDK, you can leverage TypeScript's strong typing and modern language features to create, compose, and reuse cloud components. This approach simplifies infrastructure management, improves code reusability, and enhances development productivity.

Some key terms used in AWS CDK

  • cdk bootstrap: Prepares your AWS environment for usage with the AWS CDK. This is required before deploying a CDK stack into an AWS environment.
  • cdk synth: Synthesizes an AWS CloudFormation template from one or more of the stacks in your AWS CDK app.
  • cdk deploy: Deploys the resources defined by one or more of the stacks in your AWS CDK app to AWS.

Learning Resources

  1. AWS CDK Documentation: Comprehensive guidance on using AWS CDK with TypeScript.
  2. CDK Features: Learn about the key terms used in AWS CDK.
  3. CDK Core Concepts: Understand the fundamental concepts of CDK.
  4. CDK Workshop: A hands-on workshop to get started with coding in AWS CDK.

For those interested in learning AWS CDK step by step, additional resources can be found here.