AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) Crash Course

Learn how to use the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) in this tutorial. The AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open-source software development framework to define your cloud application resources using familiar programming languages. We'll go over the basics, do the CDK Workshop and then talk about some advanced features of CDK.

✏️ Matt Martz created this course. He is an engineer, AWS Community Builder, and CDK fanboi.
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⭐️ Course Contents ⭐️
⌨️ (00:00) CDK Crash Course Intro
⌨️ (01:13) What we'll cover
⌨️ (02:34) Resources [1, 2, 3, 4]
⌨️ (03:07) CDK Basics [5]
⌨️ (07:34) What are CDK Constructs? [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
⌨️ (10:15) Level 3 Construct Examples [11, 12, 13]
⌨️ (12:08) Synthesis, Assets, Bootstrapping and Deploy [5]
⌨️ (14:53) CDK Workshop Speedrun - Cloud9 Prep [14, 15]
⌨️ (21:01) CDK Workshop Speedrun - New Project [14]
⌨️ (28:02) CDK Workshop Speedrun - Hello, CDK [14]
⌨️ (35:42) CDK Workshop Speedrun - Writing Constructs [14]
⌨️ (42:26) CDK Workshop Speedrun - Using Construct Libraries [14]
⌨️ (44:14) CDK Workshop Speedrun - Testing Constructs [14]
⌨️ (48:51) Advanced CDK [16, 17, 18, 2, 19, 20]
⌨️ (59:32) More Resources and Thanks! [21, 22, 23]

⭐️ References ⭐️
CDK Developer Guide: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/home.html
[1] CDK Slack: https://cdk.dev
[2] The CDK Book: https://thecdkbook.com
[3] CDKDay: https://cdkday.com
[4] CDKDay talk: Creating Verifiable JSON Web Tokens with AWS CDK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9116ZS3QPc
[5] App Lifecycle: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/apps.html
[6] CDK API Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/docs/aws-construct-library.html
[7] Access Analyzer L1 Construct: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/docs/aws-cdk-lib.aws_accessanalyzer.CfnAnalyzer.html
[8] Access Analyzer CloudFormation API: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-accessanalyzer-analyzer.html
[9] DynamoDB Table L2 Construct: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/docs/aws-cdk-lib.aws_dynamodb.Table.html
[10] DynamoDB Table CloudFormation API: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-dynamodb-table.html
[11] CDKPatterns.com: https://cdkpatterns.com
[12] AWS Solutions Constructs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/solutions/latest/constructs/welcome.html
[13] Construct Hub: https://constructs.dev
[14] CDK Workshop: https://cdkworkshop.com
[15] Cross-account CI/CD Pipeline with CDK Pipelines: https://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/v2/workshops/874d349f-85f6-495d-9475-ff7b7b23201f/en-US
[16] CloudFormation Custom Resources: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-custom-resources.html
[17] CDK Provider Framework: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2//docs/aws-cdk-lib.custom_resources-readme.html
[18] Testing the Async Cloud with AWS CDK: https://dev.to/aws-builders/testing-the-async-cloud-with-aws-cdk-33aj
[19] CDK Aspects: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/aspects.html
[20] Best Practices: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/best-practices.html
[21] freeCodeCamp: AWS CDK v2 Tutorial: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/aws-cdk-v2-three-tier-serverless-application/
[22] OpenAPI Specs Without Deploying First: https://matt.martz.codes/openapi-specs-from-cdk-stack-without-deploying-first
[23] Serverless Stack Framework: https://serverless-stack.com

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