About AWS CDK:
AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) is an open-source software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. It allows developers to define infrastructure using familiar programming languages such as TypeScript, Python, Java, and C#. This enables you to treat infrastructure as code, thereby providing all the benefits of software development practices like versioning, testing, and reuse.
Key Features:
- Declarative Infrastructure: Define cloud infrastructure using familiar programming languages.
- High-Level Constructs: Abstract AWS resources into reusable components.
- Language Support: Supports TypeScript, Python, Java, and C#.
- CDK Libraries: Provides a rich set of libraries to simplify the creation of complex infrastructure.
- AWS Integration: Integrates seamlessly with other AWS services and resources.
- CLI Commands: Offers a set of CLI commands for managing CDK projects and deployments.
AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) provides a powerful set of commands to help you manage your CDK applications. Let’s dive into some of the most useful ones:
cdk init
Initializes a new CDK project in the current directory.
cdk init app --language=typescript
cdk init:
Initializes a new CDK project in the current directory.