Exploring CI/CD with AWS CDK Express Pipeline: Faster and Efficient Deployments

Exploring CICD with CDK Express Pipeline: Faster and Efficient Deployments In this episode, we dive deep into CDK Express CI/CD pipelines with our guest, Rehan, an AWS Community Hero hero. Rehan shares the motivations behind creating the CDK Express Pipelines and how it differentiates from typical CDK Pipelines. We discuss the main features, including how it ensures faster and build-system agnostic deployments, allowing it to be used with GitLab, Jenkins, and locally. Ryan demonstrates the project in action and shares insights from using it in various contexts, including large, multi-regional data landing zones. We also explore potential future enhancements like rollback capabilities and terms for contributing to the project. Tune in to learn more about optimizing your CI/CD pipelines for efficiency and speed. 00:00 Introduction to CICD and CDK 01:20 Guest Introduction: Ryan's Background 03:28 CDK Express Pipelines Overview 05:51 Technical Deep Dive: CDK Express Pipelines 07:40 Live Demo: Setting Up CDK Express Pipelines 10:44 Advanced Features and Use Cases 31:04 Project Insights and Future Plans 38:00 Conclusion and Contact Information Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rehan-van-der-merwe-600b40172/ https://github.com/rehanvdm/cdk-express-pipeline https://github.com/DataChefHQ/aws-data-landing-zone https://github.com/open-constructs/projen-pipelines