- Cloud Development Kit (CDK) is a way to define cloud infrastructure using a familiar programming language like JavaScript, Python, Java, etc
- The code is translated into a CloudFormation template (JSON or YAML)
- You can therefore deploy infrastructure and application runtime code toghether
- Great for Lambda Functions
- Great for Docker containers in ECS/EKS
The benefits of using a programming language are:
- type safety
- code constructs (e.g. loops, collections, etc.)
- code reusability
- etc.
