AWS CDK #

CDK Construct library #

Construct Hub

Disable CDK analytics (metadata reporting) #

In cdk.json file

{
"app": "npx…",
"versionReporting": false
}

CDK Workshop #

https://cdkworkshop.com/

Intro/best practices #

• Opinionated set of tips and best practices by Kevin Lin
• A collection of awesome things related to the CDK by Rajkumar Kalaiselvam

Naming conventions #

• Stack ids
  Example myOrg-myApp-prod

  Use a fully qualified naming scheme, this value will be prepended to all constructs created inside the stack
  syntax: {org}-{app}-{stage}

• Construct Ids
  Example: QryParamsCachePolicy

  • Use PascalCase with no spaces, punctuation or underscores
  • Append type to the suffix
  • Every AWS service has different naming restrictions so its best to use a compatible default naming scheme

To bundle only the assets of the requested stack #

Pass the exclusively argument to the cli

cdk deploy MyStack --exclusively

OR

cdk deploy MyStack -e

cdk.json reference #

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/cli.html#cli-config

Best practices for multiple developers working on the same CDK app #

Have a Stack instance per deployed stack by by Adam Ruka