The Current CDK Landscape and Outlook

So far in this book, we have learned how AWS CDK has revolutionized the world of infrastructure as code (IaC). It has enabled developers to express cloud infrastructure using familiar programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript. It has redefined how we think about IaC. Developers can now programmatically define and manage infrastructure in a more flexible, scalable, and automated manner. This has enabled new use cases and allowed organizations to adopt DevOps practices more quickly and efficiently.

CDK has also allowed for new and advanced ways of spinning up infrastructure, giving organizations the ability to provision and manage their cloud resources in a more efficient and streamlined manner. As we proceed through this chapter, we will delve into some of the specific patterns that CDK has enabled and discuss how they can be leveraged to simplify and optimize the process of managing cloud infrastructure.

CDK has not...