The AWS Developers Podcast
Episode 094 – Better Developer Productivity in the Cloud Using Winglang with Elad Ben-Israel
Aug 25, 2023
Elad Ben-Israel, CEO at Wing Cloud and original creator of the AWS CDK, discusses the birth of CDK, benefits of open source, and the balance between open source and commercial interests. Explore the concept of eliminating scarcity and fostering community, and the evolution of cloud development with the introduction of Wing Lang.
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Quick takeaways
- Winglang is a new programming language and toolchain designed for the cloud that allows developers to run and test code in a local simulator for high-speed iterations.
- Winglang provides a unified model for expressing infrastructure and application code, enabling developers to eliminate redundant specifications and improve productivity.
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The creation of AWS CDK and its vision
The podcast episode features the creator of AWS CDK, Alon Downton, discussing the origins and vision of the AWS CDK. Alon describes his background as an infrastructure builder and his frustration with the limitations of existing infrastructure-as-code tools like CloudFormation. He shares how he created the CDK as a way to express infrastructure complexity with a programming language and emphasize the importance of a composable programming model. Alon's goal was to provide a better developer experience in the cloud and address the challenges of building serverless applications with multiple cloud resources.
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