diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.js
+!jest.config.js
+*.d.ts
+node_modules
+
+# CDK asset staging directory
+.cdk.staging
+cdk.out
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
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+++ b/.npmignore
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+*.ts
+!*.d.ts
+
+# CDK asset staging directory
+.cdk.staging
+cdk.out
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# Welcome to your CDK TypeScript project!
+
+This is a blank project for TypeScript development with CDK.
+
+The `cdk.json` file tells the CDK Toolkit how to execute your app.
+
+## Useful commands
+
+ * `npm run build`   compile typescript to js
+ * `npm run watch`   watch for changes and compile
+ * `npm run test`    perform the jest unit tests
+ * `cdk deploy`      deploy this stack to your default AWS account/region
+ * `cdk diff`        compare deployed stack with current state
+ * `cdk synth`       emits the synthesized CloudFormation template
diff --git a/bin/cdk_app.ts b/bin/cdk_app.ts
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+++ b/bin/cdk_app.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import 'source-map-support/register';
+import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import { CdkAppStack } from '../lib/cdk_app-stack';
+
+const app = new cdk.App();
+new CdkAppStack(app, 'CdkAppStack', {
+  /* If you don't specify 'env', this stack will be environment-agnostic.
+   * Account/Region-dependent features and context lookups will not work,
+   * but a single synthesized template can be deployed anywhere. */
+
+  /* Uncomment the next line to specialize this stack for the AWS Account
+   * and Region that are implied by the current CLI configuration. */
+  // env: { account: process.env.CDK_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT, region: process.env.CDK_DEFAULT_REGION },
+
+  /* Uncomment the next line if you know exactly what Account and Region you
+   * want to deploy the stack to. */
+  // env: { account: '123456789012', region: 'us-east-1' },
+
+  /* For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/environments.html */
+});
diff --git a/cdk.json b/cdk.json
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+++ b/cdk.json
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+{
+  "app": "npx ts-node --prefer-ts-exts bin/cdk_app.ts",
+  "context": {
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway:usagePlanKeyOrderInsensitiveId": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/core:enableStackNameDuplicates": "true",
+    "aws-cdk:enableDiffNoFail": "true",
+    "@aws-cdk/core:stackRelativeExports": "true",
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets:dockerIgnoreSupport": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-secretsmanager:parseOwnedSecretName": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-kms:defaultKeyPolicies": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-s3:grantWriteWithoutAcl": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns:removeDefaultDesiredCount": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-rds:lowercaseDbIdentifier": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-efs:defaultEncryptionAtRest": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-lambda:recognizeVersionProps": true,
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront:defaultSecurityPolicyTLSv1.2_2021": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
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+++ b/jest.config.js
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+module.exports = {
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/test'],
+  testMatch: ['**/*.test.ts'],
+  transform: {
+    '^.+\\.tsx?$': 'ts-jest'
+  }
+};
diff --git a/lib/cdk_app-stack.ts b/lib/cdk_app-stack.ts
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+++ b/lib/cdk_app-stack.ts
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+import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+
+export class CdkAppStack extends cdk.Stack {
+  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
+    super(scope, id, props);
+
+    // The code that defines your stack goes here
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "cdk_app",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "bin": {
+    "cdk_app": "bin/cdk_app.js"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "watch": "tsc -w",
+    "test": "jest",
+    "cdk": "cdk"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@aws-cdk/assert": "1.121.0",
+    "@types/jest": "^26.0.10",
+    "@types/node": "10.17.27",
+    "jest": "^26.4.2",
+    "ts-jest": "^26.2.0",
+    "aws-cdk": "1.121.0",
+    "ts-node": "^9.0.0",
+    "typescript": "~3.9.7"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@aws-cdk/core": "1.121.0",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.16"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/cdk_app.test.ts b/test/cdk_app.test.ts
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+++ b/test/cdk_app.test.ts
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+import { expect as expectCDK, matchTemplate, MatchStyle } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
+import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as CdkApp from '../lib/cdk_app-stack';
+
+test('Empty Stack', () => {
+    const app = new cdk.App();
+    // WHEN
+    const stack = new CdkApp.CdkAppStack(app, 'MyTestStack');
+    // THEN
+    expectCDK(stack).to(matchTemplate({
+      "Resources": {}
+    }, MatchStyle.EXACT))
+});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2018",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": [
+      "es2018"
+    ],
+    "declaration": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "alwaysStrict": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": false,
+    "noUnusedParameters": false,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
+    "inlineSourceMap": true,
+    "inlineSources": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "./node_modules/@types"
+    ]
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "cdk.out"
+  ]
+}