Summary
In this chapter, we looked at how to create IaC using both CloudFormation templates and the CDK. We examined some best practices of template construction and organization. We also practiced hands-on implementation of deploying and updating CloudFormation templates into stacks using both the AWS Management Console and the CLI.
In the next chapter, we will begin our examination of some of the AWS code tools that are part of the SDLC process, starting with CodeCommit and CodeBuild. We will create a code repository and commit to it using CodeCommit and then start building out code using AWS CodeBuild. Finally, we will see how we can tie both services together by triggering the CodeBuild job from pushes to our CodeCommit repository.