This is a collection of extensions that I've curated in this vscode extension pack to help you build, deploy and manage your AWS CloudFormation templates.
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Included Extensions
This extension pack includes the following VS Code extensions:
- AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code: Provides support for developing AWS applications
- Boto3 IDE: Provides intelligent code completion, type checking, and documentation for AWS boto3 SDK
- CloudFormation Snippets: Provides YAML and JSON snippets for all AWS CloudFormation resources
- AWS IAM Actions Snippets: Adds autocomplete and snippets for all AWS IAM policy actions
- AWS IAM Service Principal Snippets: Autocompletion for AWS service principals.
- AWS IAM Policy Debugger: Validate IAM policies, explain access requests and run saved regression scenarios. Unpublished development preview; this pack update must be released after the debugger is available in the Marketplace.
- Draw.io Integration: Integrates Draw.io diagrams into VS Code
- CloudFormation Linter: Validates CloudFormation templates for best practices
- YAML: Provides comprehensive YAML language support
Installation
- Open Visual Studio Code
- Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X on macOS)
- Search for "AWS CloudFormation Extension Pack"
- Click "Install"
Usage
Once installed and configured, you can start using the extensions right away in your AWS CloudFormation projects. The extensions will automatically enhance your development environment with features like code completion, linting, formatting, and more.
For specific usage instructions for each extension, please refer to their individual documentation.
Feedback and Contributions
If you have any feedback or suggestions for improving this extension pack, please open an issue on the GitHub repository. Contributions are always welcome!
Happy templating with AWS CloudFormation!
Author
Danny Steenman
