AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and StackSets Explained
What is AWS CDK? AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) is a framework that lets you define AWS infrastructure using programming languages (TypeScript, Python, Java, etc.) instead of writing CloudFormation YAML/JSON directly. Key concept: CDK is a code generator - it converts your code into CloudFormation templates, then deploys them using CloudFormation service. What is CloudFormation? AWS CloudFormation is the underlying AWS service that actually creates and manages your infrastructure resources. ...