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109. What is the AWS Project Development Kit (PDK)?

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This episode of the AWS Bites Podcast provides an overview of the AWS Project Development Kit (PDK), an open-source tool to help bootstrap and maintain cloud projects. We discuss what PDK is, how it can help generate boilerplate code and infrastructure, keep configuration consistent across projects, and some pros and cons of using a tool like this versus doing it manually.

Is PDK something you should use for your cloud projects? Let's find out!


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In this episode, we mentioned the following resources.

  • The official PDK website (and documentation): https://aws.github.io/aws-pdk/
  • Our previous episode "16. What are the pros and cons of CDK?": https://awsbites.com/16-what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-cdk/
  • Our previous episode "93. CDK Patterns - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly": https://awsbites.com/93-cdk-patterns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
  • Projen's official website: https://projen.io/
  • Introduction talk to Projen at CDK Day 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOWMPzXtTCw
  • Our previous episode "70. How do you create good AWS diagrams?": https://awsbites.com/70-how-do-you-create-good-aws-diagrams/
  • Building a shopping list app with PDK (tutorial): https://aws.github.io/aws-pdk/getting_started/shopping_list_app.html
  • PDK in-depth developer guides: https://aws.github.io/aws-pdk/developer_guides/index.html
  • Opinion by Vlad Ionescu on X: https://twitter.com/iamvlaaaaaaad/status/1743608823896592640
  • Yeoman: https://yeoman.io/
  • CookieCutter: https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
  • Terraform project generation example: https://github.com/conzy/terraform-demo


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