AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

• Getting Started Guide
• github.com/aws/aws-cdk
• AWS CDK API Reference
• jsii allows code in any language to naturally interact with JavaScript classes. It is the technology that enables the AWS CDK to deliver polyglot libraries from a single codebase.

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Quick start

# List the available template types & languages
cdk init --list

# Start a new CDK project (app or library)
cdk init --language python

# E.g. Install package for S3 
pip install aws-cdk.aws-s3

# Access the online documentation
cdk docs

# List stacks in an application
cdk list
cdk ls

# Synthesize a CDK app to CloudFormation template(s)
cdk synthesize
cdk synth

# Diff stacks against current state
cdk diff

# Deploy a stack into an AWS account
cdk deploy 	

# Deletes a stack from an AWS account
cdk destroy

# Deploy a toolkit stack to support deploying large stacks & artifacts
cdk bootstrap

# Inspect the environment and produce information useful for troubleshooting
cdk doctor