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Since I got to know CDK[0], I prefer it over serverless. It's supported by AWS, too. It can deploy your lambda, or it an just generate a Cloudformation template

by snypox 7y ago

Since I got to know CDK[0], I prefer it over serverless. It's supported by AWS, too. It can deploy your lambda, or it an just generate a Cloudformation template - these 2 covers the most important features of serverless that our team uses. [0]https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/tree/v1.18.0/packages/%40aws-cdk/aws-lambda https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/tree/v1.18.0/packages/%40aws-...

scrollaway 7y ago
Can you elaborate on why you prefer it?
- cmsd2 7y ago
  I like CDK because: 1. it's type-checked (using your choice of language/compiler) 2. modularity is done using in-app code, rather than extending serverless with plugins in javascript 3. i think cdk scales better to projects composed of multiple stacks 4. it's somewhat testable
- snypox 7y ago
  As the fellow commenter said: I mainly like the power of a programming language (loops, variables, organizing file and directory structure).
nailer 7y ago
I like Architect serverless - https://arc.codes https://arc.codes. A .arc file is way less boilerplate than a serverless.yaml and it outputs full CloudFormation. Also has awesome async middleware (heads up I wrote the awesome async middleware).
- Bombthecat 7y ago
  And now we have azure arc...
- jakelazaroff 7y ago
  I've used Up [1] before but this looks even better. Thank you for the recommendation! [1] https://apex.sh/up https://apex.sh/up
  - snypox 7y ago
    Cool fact: this was created by the creator of Express and Koa! https://github.com/tj https://github.com/tj
Aeolun 7y ago
As long as it outputs cloudformation I want nothing to do with it.
- snypox 7y ago
  You need to store state somehow - either Terraform or Cloudformation, you don’t have that many options. And CDK hides the Cloudformation layer from you.
eranation 7y ago
I found CDK to be exactly what I was looking for. I found myself using either CDK or Amplify (or both) for new serverless projects. It’s now really infrastructure as code, not infrastructure as yaml files.

by snypox 7y ago

scrollaway 7y ago

Can you elaborate on why you prefer it?

cmsd2 7y ago
I like CDK because: 1. it's type-checked (using your choice of language/compiler) 2. modularity is done using in-app code, rather than extending serverless with plugins in javascript 3. i think cdk scales better to projects composed of multiple stacks 4. it's somewhat testable
snypox 7y ago
As the fellow commenter said: I mainly like the power of a programming language (loops, variables, organizing file and directory structure).

nailer 7y ago

I like Architect serverless - https://arc.codes https://arc.codes. A .arc file is way less boilerplate than a serverless.yaml and it outputs full CloudFormation. Also has awesome async middleware (heads up I wrote the awesome async middleware).

Bombthecat 7y ago
And now we have azure arc...
jakelazaroff 7y ago
I've used Up [1] before but this looks even better. Thank you for the recommendation! [1] https://apex.sh/up https://apex.sh/up
- snypox 7y ago
  Cool fact: this was created by the creator of Express and Koa! https://github.com/tj https://github.com/tj

Aeolun 7y ago

As long as it outputs cloudformation I want nothing to do with it.

snypox 7y ago
You need to store state somehow - either Terraform or Cloudformation, you don’t have that many options. And CDK hides the Cloudformation layer from you.

eranation 7y ago

I found CDK to be exactly what I was looking for. I found myself using either CDK or Amplify (or both) for new serverless projects. It’s now really infrastructure as code, not infrastructure as yaml files.