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Update home.adoc to expand on the definition of the CDK Toolkit (#471)
Update the introduction to the CDK to expand on the definition of the CDK Toolkit with the introduction of the CDK Toolkit Library, for clarification purposes. ## Description **Documentation Change Type:** - [ ] Typo/grammar fix - [X] Clarification or minor improvement - [ ] New example or code snippet - [ ] New section or topic - [ ] Major restructuring or enhancement **Affected Documentation Page(s):** https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/home.html ## Description of Changes Update description of the CDK Toolkit to include the CDK CLI and CDK Toolkit Library ## Motivation and Context Clarify terminology around the CDK Toolkit and CDK CLI ## How Has This Been Validated? Used GitHub's preview functionality ## Screenshots (if appropriate) <!-- Include screenshots of the documentation before and after your changes --> ## Checklist - [X] My changes follow the [AsciiDoc syntax](./CONTRIBUTING.md#asciidoc-syntax-reference) guidelines - [X] I have previewed my changes using GitHub's preview or a local AsciiDoc renderer - [X] My changes maintain consistent formatting with the rest of the documentation - [X] I have checked that all links work correctly ## Additional Information <!-- Any additional information or context that might be helpful for reviewers --> --------- Co-authored-by: Kristina Peterson <kripet@amazon.com>
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* *xref:constructs[{aws} CDK Construct Library]* – A collection of pre-written modular and reusable pieces of code, called constructs, that you can use, modify, and integrate to develop your infrastructure quickly. The goal of the {aws} CDK Construct Library is to reduce the complexity required to define and integrate {aws} services together when building applications on {aws}.
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* *xref:cli[{aws} CDK Command Line Interface ({aws} CDK CLI)]* – A command line tool for interacting with CDK apps. Use the CDK CLI to create, manage, and deploy your {aws} CDK projects. The CDK CLI is also referred to as the CDK Toolkit.
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* {aws} CDK Toolkit - Tools that you can use to manage and interact with your CDK apps, such as performing synthesis or deployment. The CDK Toolkit consists of a command line tool (xref:ref-cli-cmd[CDK CLI]) and a programmatic library (xref:toolkit-library[CDK Toolkit Library]).
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The {aws} CDK supports TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#/.Net, and [.noloc]`Go`. You can use any of these supported programming languages to define reusable cloud components known as xref:constructs[constructs]. You compose these together into xref:stacks[stacks] and xref:apps[apps]. Then, you deploy your CDK applications to {aws} CloudFormation to provision or update your resources.
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The {aws} CDK supports TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#/.Net, and [.noloc]`Go`. You can use any of these supported programming languages to define reusable cloud components known as xref:constructs[constructs]. You compose these together into xref:stacks[stacks] and xref:apps[apps]. Then, you deploy your CDK applications through {aws} CloudFormation to provision or update your resources.
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image::./images/AppStacks.png["CDK app and process overview"]
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To learn more about tools related to the {aws} CDK that can be used to simplify serverless application development and deployment, see the following:
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* *link:https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/sam/[{aws} Serverless Application Model]* – An open-source developer tool that simplifies and improves the experience of building and running serverless applications on {aws}.
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* *link:https://github.com/aws/chalice[{aws} Chalice]* – A framework for writing serverless apps in Python.
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* *link:https://github.com/aws/chalice[{aws} Chalice]* – A framework for writing serverless apps in Python.

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