Posted On: Nov 25, 2019

The CDK Explorer, a new preview feature in the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, allows developers to visualize CDK applications. AWS CDK, launched GA in July this year, is an open source software development framework to model and provision your cloud application resources using familiar programming languages. CDK apps are composed of building blocks known as Constructs, which include definitions for your cloud stacks and resources within. Check out the CDK developer guide or the CDK Workshop to learn more about the CDK.

The CDK Explorer sidebar is seamlessly integrated with the UI of the Visual Studio Code editor. You can find the CDK Explorer sidebar by clicking on the default Visual Studio Code Explorer icon. The CDK explorer lists all your CDK projects and provides a bird’s eye view of applications, infrastructure stacks, resources and their properties, and policies. As you run cdk synth, you can refresh the CDK Explorer view to update the display tree and reflect the changes you’ve made in your infrastructure.

The AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio is an extension for Microsoft Visual Studio running on Microsoft Windows that makes it easier for developers to develop, debug, and deploy.NET applications using Amazon Web Services. With the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio, you'll be able to get started faster and be more productive when building AWS applications. The AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio is available via. HOW TO CONNECT TO AWS INSTANCE (EC2) Open Visual Studio Code and install extension - 'Remote - SSH' After installation click the green link icon bottom left of the VSC to 'Open a remote window' Select 'Remote-SSH: Connection to host. Step 1: Get an access key and secret key for your IAM user Step 2: Install AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio and connect to CodeCommit Clone a CodeCommit repository from Visual Studio Create a CodeCommit repository from Visual Studio Working with CodeCommit repositories. 🔥🔥 Best Online Code Training: 🔥🔥 BEST Web Hosting: Screen.

Visual Studio Code Aws

Install the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code to start using the new CDK explorer preview feature. Share your feedback, feature requests, and issues on the AWS toolkit extension repo in GitHub.

Visual Studio Code Aws Setup

Learn more about working with the CDK explorer here.