AWS Cloud Development toolkit, which is most often termed as CDK lets you build IaC (infrastructure as a code) applications with the expressive power of a programming language. CDK framework is available with javascript, Typescript, Python, Java, Go and .Net. As the name suggests, AWS CDK is offered by AWS – Amazon Web Services.
The course provides you a step-by-step guide in Python to learn AWS CDK features and Concepts including Constructs, Apps, Stacks, Resources & much more. Here is the quick overview on the course structure –
1. We will start with the CDK basics, where we will understand the core components of CDK, along with the supported tools and technologies.
2. In the next section, we will develop our first cdk application. This will help you accustom, the bare minimum needed to develop any cdk application including pre-requistes, APIs, CLI commands, etc.
3. Once we know the foundational pieces, we will dive into the concepts in more detail. We will start with Constructs where we are going to learn different types of constructs offered by CDK.
4. In the stacks section, we will understand CDK App & Stack Constructs. We will learn how to incorporate multiple stacks inside a cdk application.
5. We will move to Environments, where we will learn the options to configure AWS environments, with our cdk applications.
6. In the Resources section, we will learn how the manage the aws resources with the help of constructs, removal policies along with how we can reference them.
7. We will be jumping to Tags section, where we will understand the CDK Tags, Priority, Inclusion/Exclution mechanisms.
8. With Assets, we will understand how to bundle the business application code along with the the cdk application.
9. In the next section, We will learn how to define the Permissions in CDK, with the help of grant methods, roles and policies.
10. We will be learning the CDK Context, which helps us in Cache, Feature flags and application configuration .
11. We will understand the Aspects feature of CDK which allows us to implement cross cutting concerns across cdk constructs.
12. We will learn how to test cdk applications, with fine-grained and snapshot testing mechanisms.
13. We will understand the best practices to develop cdk applications.
