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AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) refers to an open-source infrastructure as code framework from Amazon Web Services (AWS) used to define, provision, and manage cloud resources through programming languages such as TypeScript, Python, Java, a...

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CategoryInformation Technology
SubcategoryCloud Computing
SkillAWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
Skill TypeSpecialized Skill
Specialized TagsSoftware

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