Amazon cdk and boto3 difference

Question

I am new to AWS with python. I came across boto3 initially, later somone suggested cdk. What is the difference between aws cdk and boto3?

Answer 1

In simple terms, CDK helps you to programmatically create AWS resources(Infrastructure as Code) while boto3 helps you to programmatically access AWS services.

Here is a snippet on CDK and Boto3 from AWS reference links :

CDK:
The AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open source software development framework to define your cloud application resources using familiar programming languages. AWS CDK provisions your resources in a safe, repeatable manner through AWS CloudFormation. It also enables you to compose and share your own custom constructs that incorporate your organization's requirements, helping you start new projects faster. (Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/)

With CDK and Cloudformation, you will get the benefits of repeatable deployment, easy rollback, and drift detection. (Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/features/)

Boto3:
Boto3 is the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Software Development Kit (SDK) for Python, which allows Python developers to write software that makes use of services like Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2. (Reference: https://pypi.org/project/boto3/)