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AWS CDK in Practice

You're reading from AWS CDK in Practice Unleash the power of ordinary coding and streamline complex cloud applications on AWS

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801812399

Length 196 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Leo Lam

Mark Avdi

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: An Introduction to AWS CDK

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with IaC and AWS CDK FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: A Starter Project and Core Concepts

4. Part 2: Practical Cloud Development with AWS CDK

5. Chapter 3: Building a Full Stack Application with CDK

6. Chapter 4: Complete Web Application Deployment with AWS CDK

7. Chapter 5: Continuous Delivery with CDK-Powered Apps

8. Chapter 6: Testing and Troubleshooting AWS CDK Applications

9. Part 3: Serverless Development with AWS CDK

10. Chapter 7: Serverless Application Development with AWS CDK

11. Chapter 8: Streamlined Serverless Development

12. Part 4: Advanced Architectural Concepts

13. Chapter 9: Indestructible Serverless Application Architecture (ISAA)

14. Chapter 10: The Current CDK Landscape and Outlook

15. Index

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CDK for other platforms

In Chapter 9, when we covered the advantages and disadvantages of ISAA, we promised that we would cover some CDK-like libraries out there that are on the path to promoting openness in the serverless field. Let’s first cover some CDK alternatives.

Pulumi

Pulumi (https://www.pulumi.com/) is the most complete CDK alternative we’ve seen. Its API is slightly different from CDK, but at the end of the day, it produces the same results on AWS. Like CDK, it’s an Apache-licensed open source project with a service, and its cost is based on the number of L2 or L3 components Pulumi manages for you. But it comes with a great advantage: as well as targeting AWS, it targets Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, and Kubernetes. We believe they might even add more cloud providers to the list in the future.

Which came first?

CDK was released in 2018, earlier than Pulumi. But Pulumi as a company was established a year earlier than CDK’s release...

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Authors (2)

Mark Avdi

Mark Avdi

Mark Avdi is an Engineer, Solutions Architect and currently the CTO of Westpoint Software Solutions. He has gained his invaluable experience through decades of coding programs, designing software, and managing complex cloud infrastructures in multiple industries with different sets of challenges using a variety of solutions. Mark is a technologist; he keeps up with the trends and believes in the power of technology as an ultimate tool to help businesses prosper and tackle problems our world currently faces.

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Leo Lam

Leo Lam

Leo Lam is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and the COO of Westpoint Software Solutions. While having detailed knowledge of the vast array of services AWS currently provides, he maintains the close relationship between AWS & Westpoint as partners. Leo comes from a sporting background and uses his experience to effectively integrate the dynamics of sporting philosophy into day-to-day software development to build teams and workflows that constantly deliver.

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