How to Build Your Full-Stack Applications With CDK & AWS Amplify • Erik Hanchett • GOTO 2025

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Serverless 2025. #GOTOcon #GOTOserverless https://conferences.gotopia.tech/goto-serverless-bengaluru-2025 Erik Hanchett - Senior Developer Advocate at AWS @ProgramWithErik RESOURCES https://bsky.app/profile/erikch.bsky.social https://twitter.com/erikch https://github.com/ErikCH https://www.linkedin.com/in/in/erikhanchett http://erik.video ABSTRACT Building full-stack applications comes with a host of complexities. However, did you know with AWS Amplify you can now enjoy the benefits of authoring your frontend and backend completely with TypeScript and still leverage the underlying CDK and its ecosystem? In this talk, we'll look at some new design patterns that you can leverage when building full-stack applications from start to finish. We’ll also look at how you can leverage AI to make this task even more straight forward. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:45 How can we make app development faster? 03:01 Let's create a story teller app 03:47 Demo 07:33 Story teller app 10:22 Infrastructure as code 11:44 What tools do we need? 14:48 AWS Amplify Gen 2 21:21 Demo 25:17 Outro Read the full abstract here: https://conferences.gotopia.tech/goto-serverless-bengaluru-2025/sessions/3865 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sheen Brisals & Luke Hedger • Serverless Development on AWS • https://amzn.to/3W3Sw2f Adam Bellemare • Building Event-Driven Microservices • https://amzn.to/3WfNKfM Peter Sbarski • Serverless Architectures on AWS • https://amzn.to/3hJzEUM Michael Stack • Event-Driven Architecture in Golang • https://amzn.to/3G5e8ST Ford, Richards, Sadalage & Dehghani • Software Architecture: The Hard Parts • https://amzn.to/3v4pKQS James Urquhart • Flow Architectures • https://amzn.to/3Tyz8cY https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #AWSAmplify #AWSCDK #TypeScript #Serverless #ServerlessCompute #ServerlessArchitecture #KIRO #EventDrivenArchitecture #SoftwareArchitecture #AWSServerless #ServerlessDevelopment #EDA #AWS #GenAI #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #TodayInTech #ErikHanchett CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1