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AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) v1 Developer Guide

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Contents

• What is the AWS CDK?
• Getting started with the AWS CDK
  • Your first AWS CDK app
• Working with the AWS CDK
  • Working with the AWS CDK in TypeScript
  • Working with the AWS CDK in JavaScript
  • Working with the AWS CDK in Python
  • Working with the AWS CDK in Java
  • Working with the AWS CDK in C#
  • Working with the AWS CDK in Go
• Managing dependencies
• Migrating to AWS CDK v2
• Translating TypeScript AWS CDK code to other languages
• Concepts
  • Constructs
  • Apps
  • Stacks
  • Environments
  • Resources
  • Identifiers
  • Tokens
  • Parameters
  • Tagging
  • Assets
  • Permissions
  • Runtime context
  • Feature flags
  • Aspects
  • Bootstrapping
• Abstractions and escape hatches
• Best practices for developing and deploying cloud infrastructure with the AWS CDK
• API reference
• Examples
  • Creating a serverless application using the AWS CDK
  • Creating an AWS Fargate service using the AWS CDK
  • AWS CDK examples
• AWS CDK how-tos
  • Get a value from an environment variable
  • Use an AWS CloudFormation value
  • Import or migrate an existing AWS CloudFormation template
  • Using resources from the AWS CloudFormation Public Registry
  • Get a value from the Systems Manager Parameter Store
  • Get a value from AWS Secrets Manager
  • Create an app with multiple stacks
  • Set a CloudWatch alarm
  • Get a value from a context variable
  • Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) using CDK Pipelines
• AWS CDK tools
  • AWS CDK Toolkit (cdk command)
  • AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
  • AWS SAM integration
• Testing constructs
• Security for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
  • Identity and access management for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
  • Compliance validation for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
  • Resilience for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
  • Infrastructure security for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
• Troubleshooting common AWS CDK issues
• Videos
• OpenPGP keys for the AWS CDK and jsii
• AWS CDK Developer Guide history