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Benefits of creating Amplify Infrastructure with AWS CDK

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Benefits of creating Amplify Infrastructure with AWS CDK

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- [Instructor] You already learned about AWS CDK and AWS Amplify. Let's spend some time evaluating the benefits of using AWS CDK to create Amplify infrastructure compared to other mechanisms like AWS Console, the AWS Amplify CLI, and other infrastructure as code frameworks. There are multiple ways to create and manage Amplify infrastructure in AWS. You can use AWS Console for manual configurations, as we did previously. Rely on the AWS Amplify CLI for a guided setup, or leverage other infrastructure as code frameworks like Terraform or Serverless Framework. Each option has its own advantages, but AWS CDK stands out for its flexibility, modularity, and the ability to manage infrastructure as code using programming languages. Let's compare AWS CDK with these other methods and evaluate its benefits. AWS CDK versus the AWS Console. AWS Console is great for beginners and for quick one-off setups. It provides a visual interface, but managing infrastructure manually has some clear…

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