AWS CDK constructs can represent single AWS services as well as higher-level abstractions that consist of multiple, related resources. These constructs can be found in the AWS Constructs Library and are organized into three layers.

Layer 2 (L2) constructs in the AWS CDK Construct Library are considered higher-level constructs. These constructs abstract the more manual aspects of L1 CFN constructs and provide built-in defaults, helper methods, and infrastructure glue code to improve the usability of the CDK.

In this lab, you will work with an L2 CDK construct to learn how to implement these higher-level constructs into your applications.

Important: This hands-on lab uses the latest AWS CDK v2. For hands-on labs and challenges that use the AWS CDK v1, refer to the Get Hands-on with the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK v1) learning path.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this intermediate-level lab, you will be able to:

• Incorporate an L2 CDK construct in a CDK application
• Utilize the AWS CDK v2 Toolkit to initialize, define, and deploy cloud resources

Intended Audience

• Cloud Architects
• DevOps Engineers
• Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

• Layer 1 CDK Constructs
• Python Programming
• AWS CloudFormation
• Amazon S3

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:

• Instantiating AWS CloudFormation Resources with L1 CDK Constructs
• Python for Beginners
• Programming with Python Introduction
• AWS CloudFormation: Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
• Introduction to Amazon S3

Updates

August 16th, 2023 - Remove Node deprecation warning and updated CDK CLI version

March 13th, 2023 - Enabled autosave in the lab's browser IDE