AWS offers a comprehensive range of compute services from virtual machines to serverless functions. This guide covers EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, and Fargate with practical deployment examples using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and Terraform. 📚 AWS FUNDAMENTALS SERIES This is Part 2 of a 6-part series covering AWS Cloud Platform for developers. Part 1: Fundamentals – […]
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AWS Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Account Structure, IAM, and Global Infrastructure (Part 1 of 6)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. This foundational guide covers the essential concepts every developer and architect needs to master before building on AWS. 📚 AWS FUNDAMENTALS SERIES This is Part 1 of a 6-part series covering […]
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Even with tools like CDK, understanding the underlying CloudFormation mechanics is crucial. Improperly structured stacks can lead to circular dependencies, update rollbacks, and stuck resources. This guide covers nested stacks, cross-stack references, and drift detection. Cross-Stack References vs Nested Stacks Feature Cross-Stack Refs (Export/Import) Nested Stacks Coupling Loose (Independent lifecycles) Tight (Parent controls Child) Updates […]
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CloudFormation YAML is verbose and lacks logic. The AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) allows you to define cloud resources using imperative languages. In this guide, we build a complete serverless stack (Lambda + API Gateway + DynamoDB) using TypeScript. The Construct Tree CDK components are called “Constructs”. Level 1 (L1) constructs are 1:1 mappings to […]
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