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-The **AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)** is an infrastructure modeling
-framework that allows you to define your cloud resources using an imperative
-programming interface. The CDK is currently in developer preview. We look
-forward to community feedback and collaboration.
+The **AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)** is an open-source software development 
+framework to define cloud infrastructure and provision it through AWS CloudFormation.
+The CDK integrates fully with AWS services and offers a higher level object-oriented
+abstraction to define AWS resources imperatively. Using the CDK’s library of
+infrastructure [constructs], you can easily encapsulate AWS best practices in your
+infrastructure definition and share it without worrying about boilerplate logic. The
+CDK improves the end-to-end development experience because you get to use the power
+of modern programming languages to define your AWS infrastructure in a predictable
+and efficient manner. The CDK is currently available for Java, JavaScript, and
+TypeScript. 
+
+The CDK is currently in developer preview and we look forward to community feedback and collaboration!
 
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