Innovative Thinking Contributing to the AWS Cloud Development Kit The AWS CDK solves an important problem by providing a true software language interface to AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation has limitations that are better solved in a programming language. Infrastructure as code has been around for a few years now, but is AWS CloudFormation really code? How do you share a standard AWS WAF configuration with your company? Written by Intuit Blog Team Modified Nov 10, 2022 1 min read The AWS CDK solves an important problem by providing a true software language interface to AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation has limitations that are better solved in a programming language. Infrastructure as code has been around for a few years now, but is AWS CloudFormation really code? How do you share a standard AWS WAF configuration with your company? The answer is, you can’t do this well because AWS CloudFormation is more configuration and less code. With the AWS CDK, developers can now: Version and release infrastructure code to the same repositories as application code (Nexus, NPM, PyPi, RubyGems, Artifactory, NuGet, GitHub). Use CDK support for programming languages, so code constructs like functions, inheritance, or conditional flow are no longer an odd notation in YAML or JSON, but are in the actual programming language the developers are using for application code. CDK supports TypeScript, .NET, Java, and JavaScript today. More languages are coming, and expect to see Golang, Python, and Ruby join the list. Reuse and consume CDK components, known as constructs, by using the dependency management tools already native to the developer’s programming language of choice. These features really enable a company to finally compose reusable AWS CloudFormation components that are tailored to the specific business needs of the company. Intuit Principal Engineer, Mike Cowgill shares his takeaways, contributions, and challenges with the AWS CDK on the AWS blog. Previous Post Tech Talk: How AI and Machine Learning Can Help People… Next Post #FutureProof: Blockchain for Trusted Transactions Written by Intuit Blog Team More from Intuit Blog Team Browse Related Articles Intuit Experts Harnessing the power of the platform: Intuit’s innovative approach to power prosperity News How the Coalfield Solar Fund Helps Promise a Sustainable Future for Virginia and West Virginia Communities News Intuit launches New Employment and Hiring Index for Small Businesses News Intuit Comments on Impact of Silicon Valley Bank Closure Intuit Experts Expanding your bookkeeping career Job Readiness 12 tips for career development and advancement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Building Inclusion: The forces behind our push for equity Innovative Thinking How Intuit Ventures is scaling to support startups Social Responsibility Support and celebrate these women-owned businesses Diversity, Equity and Inclusion What genuine allyship looks like according to LGBTQ+ members