CDK Construct Snippets for VS Code

This extension adds L1 construct snippets from CDK into Visual Studio Code.

New

• Added support for Gitpod by publishing this extension to the Open VSX Registry

Features

1. Supports all resources that are defined by CloudFormation in the form of L1 constructs in CDK
2. Triggers autocomplete by invoking l1-<cloudformation-resource>
3. The construct snippets are automatically updated every week after AWS updates their CloudFormation Resource Specification.
4. Has builtin support for placeholders. This means you can quickly jump from property to property in each resource by using Tab
5. The extension will show which property is required by adding a // required comment next to it.
6. The autocomplete prompt shows the matching CDK resource documentation URL in its description.

Usage

• Step 1. Install this extension
• Step 2. Start working in your CDK project (TypeScript)
• Step 3. Start adding L1 constructs in your code by using their prefix name e.g. l1-s3-bucket equals to L1 construct s3.CfnBucket

Note: Once you start typing a prefix (explained in step 3), the corresponding snippet shows up in the dropdown menu. If this doesn't happen automatically, press ctrl + space to invoke IntelliSense and search for the prefix of the resource type that you want to add (as listed in step 3).

AWS CDK examples

If you'd like to learn more about AWS CDK, have a look at these series of AWS CDK examples that I've pubished on my blog.

Support

If you have a feature request or an issue, please let me know on Github

Contributing

If you want to add more snippets or support another programming language, your contribution is more than welcome!

Review the Contributing Guidelines.

Author

Danny Steenman

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