AWS CDK Masterclass - Build Cloud Infrastructures in Code

Set up Node.js, install the CLI, install VS Code, download credentials, configure profiles, and install the CDK to prepare your development environment for AWS CDK projects.

Install node.js by selecting your operating system on the download site, run the installer, and test with node -version to confirm a version appears.

Install and verify the AWS CLI across Linux, macOS, and Windows by following the official documentation, running the installation commands, and optionally checking the integrity of the downloaded zip file.

Verify your AWS configuration by checking identity, locate credentials in profiles if missing, and run aws configure to supply access key and secret key.

Install VS Code, the recommended lightweight code editor for this course. Download the appropriate version for Windows or Mac, explore the docs, and start coding quickly.

Install the AWS CDK v2 using npm, perform a global install, verify the installed version, and ensure Node.js is installed.

Launch your first CDK project by bootstrapping, synthesizing cloud formation, and deploying a simple lambda function with TypeScript, using CDK constructs to provision resources in the cloud.

Learn how AWS CDK pricing works: the SDK is free, but resources you provision may incur costs; monitor pricing and clean up resources to avoid surprises.

Explore the CDK building blocks from app, stacks, and constructs to resources, and see how the CDK synthesizes source code into a CloudFormation template for deployment via the CDK CLI.

Explore how the AWS CDK organizes infrastructure from the top app to stacks and resources, using constructs to provision DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudWatch.

Explore the construct hierarchy in AWS CDK from L1, L2, to L3, using the construct library to provision resources like DynamoDB tables and S3 buckets through CloudFormation.

Explore the AWS CDK project structure by walking through the bin, lib, and lambda resources, and see how the app loads the stack and defines a lambda function.

Master essential CDK commands such as diff and synth to generate CloudFormation templates, compare code with deployments, and perform hot swap deployments for Lambda resources.

Learn how to pass environment variables to a lambda in a CDK project, access them at runtime, and expose function ARNs via outputs, then practice with a DynamoDB table exercise.

Create a python lambda that lists S3 buckets using boto3, attach an inline IAM policy to enable listing, and run CDK diff and deploy.

Create a list lambdas function with boto3 and attach a list-lambdas policy in a cdk stack. Deploy and verify the function metadata and existence.

Destroy the stack with CDK destroy to avoid costs, confirm the prompt, and delete all back-end stacks created for this project for a clean slate.

Learn to build a rest API with the AWS CDK by wiring API Gateway to a Lambda that returns random quotes, then deploy and test the endpoint.

Learn to extend a quotes API by adding a DynamoDB table, wiring API gateway and lambda with proper permissions, to enable create, read, update, and delete operations.

Implement a create operation to save quotes in a Dynamo table, including a response helper and route-aware API logic for post and get operations.

Learn to save a quote to DynamoDB by implementing a post quotes path, invoking a shared integration handler, deploying with CDK, and testing via API Gateway.

fetch all quotes from the database by scanning the table and returning items in the api response, then deploy and prepare for crud operations.

Add an id-based path and delete method in the api, connect to a Lambda integration, and test deletion via api gateway and CloudWatch logs.

Update a quote with an async function, using an update expression to set id, data, and a timestamp, and rename the reserved keyword by to author in DynamoDB.

Learn to build a get-quote operation with a crud API using cdk, fetch a single item from the database via path parameters, deploy, and test the API.

Discover how Thunder Client and Serverless Console VS Code extensions streamline serverless development in VS Code, enabling in-editor API testing, Cloud Watch insights, and Dynamo DB item management.

Use CDK destroy to clean up the quotes stack after finishing the project, removing resources and stopping charges.

Use the construct library's table viewer to view a DynamoDB table, deploy with CDK, and test a development endpoint—bearing in mind it is not intended for production.

Create a thumbnail service that triggers a Lambda on S3 image uploads to generate thumbnails, store them back in S3, and save metadata for an API Gateway.

Set up S3 event notifications to trigger a lambda function when an object is created, configure S3 notification, lambda destination, and policy permissions, then deploy and test.

Learn how the thumbnail generator lambda processes s3 events to resize images to a 128-px thumbnail with pillow, upload to s3, and return its URL.

Debug a lambda function by adding layers to supply libraries for image resizing and thumbnail creation, deploy and test the workflow with s3 triggers and cloudwatch logs.

Create a DynamoDB table to store thumbnail metadata, including id, image name, size, and creation date, grant the handler write access, and store the image URL after upload.

Create a rest api that lists thumbnail urls and metadata by scanning a table, using lambda handlers and a get method through api gateway with a lambda integration.

Set up a cron-based scheduled event with the AWS CDK in TypeScript, creating a lambda and an event rule to trigger every weekday at 6 p.m. UTC.

Learn to provision an EC2 instance using AWS CDK, including a VPC with public subnets, a security group, a key pair, and user data to boot a web server.