Introduction to AWS CDK

AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open-source software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure as code. It allows developers to use familiar programming languages such as TypeScript, Python, Java, and C# to model and provision cloud application resources. AWS CDK provides a high-level object-oriented abstraction layer that simplifies the process of defining cloud infrastructure.

AWS CDK is a powerful tool for automating the deployment of cloud infrastructure. It enables developers to quickly and easily define and deploy cloud resources such as Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3 buckets, and Amazon DynamoDB tables. AWS CDK also provides a set of tools for managing and monitoring cloud resources.

Creating a DynamoDB Table with AWS CDK

Before you can delete a DynamoDB table with AWS CDK, you must first create the table. To do this, you will need to define a DynamoDB table resource in your AWS CDK code.

The following example shows how to define a DynamoDB table resource in TypeScript:

import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
import * as dynamodb from '@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb';

export class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    // Define a DynamoDB table
    const table = new dynamodb.Table(this, 'MyTable', {
      partitionKey: {
        name: 'id',
        type: dynamodb.AttributeType.STRING
      },
      tableName: 'my-table'
    });
  }
}

In this example, we are defining a DynamoDB table with a single partition key named id of type STRING. We are also setting the table name to my-table.

Deleting a DynamoDB Table with AWS CDK

Once you have created a DynamoDB table with AWS CDK, you can delete the table using the delete() method. The following example shows how to delete a DynamoDB table in TypeScript:

import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
import * as dynamodb from '@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb';

export class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    // Define a DynamoDB table
    const table = new dynamodb.Table(this, 'MyTable', {
      partitionKey: {
        name: 'id',
        type: dynamodb.AttributeType.STRING
      },
      tableName: 'my-table'
    });

    // Delete the DynamoDB table
    table.delete();
  }
}

In this example, we are deleting the DynamoDB table that we created in the previous example.

Deleting a DynamoDB Table with the AWS CLI

In addition to using AWS CDK to delete a DynamoDB table, you can also use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to delete a DynamoDB table. The following example shows how to delete a DynamoDB table using the AWS CLI:

aws dynamodb delete-table --table-name my-table

In this example, we are deleting the DynamoDB table with the name my-table.

Conclusion

In this lesson, we learned how to use AWS CDK to delete a DynamoDB table. We covered the basics of AWS CDK, how to create a DynamoDB table, and how to delete a DynamoDB table using AWS CDK and the AWS CLI. We also saw how to define a DynamoDB table resource in TypeScript and how to delete a DynamoDB table using the delete() method. With this knowledge, you should now be able to use AWS CDK to delete a DynamoDB table.