One of the first decisions you’ll need to make when working with the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) is choosing the language for writing your Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The CDK currently supports TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, and Go. Over the past few years, I’ve worked with the CDK in Typescript, Python and Java. While there is ample information available online for TypeScript and Python, this post aims to share my experience using Java as the language of choice for the AWS CDK.
Serverless architectures have emerged as a paradigm-shifting approach to building, fast, scalable and cost efficient applications. While Serverless architectures provide unparalleled flexibility, they also introduce new challenges in terms of monitoring and troubleshooting.
In 2022, when I was accepted into the AWS Community Builders program, I was amazed by the abundance of high-quality content generated by the broader AWS community. While most community builders publish their blog content on personal websites, Medium, or Hashnode, it is common for this content to be (re)published on the dev.to platform within the AWS Community Builders organization. It currently acts as a hub for blog content created by AWS community builders.
At work, I regularly train people on the subject of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, where I predominantly utilize GitHub Actions for the workshop assignments. This choice is motivated by GitHub’s extensive adoption within the developer community and the generous offering of approximately 2000 minutes or 33 hours of free build time per month.
AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is a powerful tool that allows developers to define cloud infrastructure in code using familiar programming languages like TypeScript, Python, and Java. However, as with any infrastructure-as-code tool, it’s important to ensure that the resulting infrastructure adheres to security and compliance best practices. This is where cdk-nag comes in.