Summary
In this chapter, we learned about the basics of working with AWS CDK to create infrastructure resources using general-purpose programming languages. This approach to managing cloud infrastructure is particularly useful for teams who are used to working with CloudFormation, have experience using the service in an enterprise-grade environment, and would now like to take the next steps by utilizing different forms of abstraction.
We started this chapter by discussing various segments of AWS IaC tools and compared them with AWS CDK. Toward the end of this chapter, we deployed an automated image labeling system using Amazon Rekognition. This not only allowed us to learn a new service but at the same time recognize the benefits offered by high-level constructs that make infrastructure management much easier than working with raw YAML/JSON templates in CloudFormation.
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