# Next steps
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This guide discussed the advantages and disadvantages of several infrastructure as code (IaC) tools that you can use to build, deploy, and manage AWS resources and infrastructure. Based on the tool that you choose, we recommend that you visit the following resources to get started.

**AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)**
+ [AWS CDK intro workshop](https://cdkworkshop.com/)

**AWS CloudFormation**
+ [AWS CloudFormation lab](https://mng.workshop.aws/cloudformation.html)
+ [AWS CloudFormation workshop](https://catalog.workshops.aws/cfn101/en-US)

**HashiCorp Terraform**
+ [AWS Terraform workshop](https://hashicorp.github.io/workshops/aws/terraform/oss99/#1)
+ [CDK for Terraform repository](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk) (GitHub)

**Pulumi**
+ [Pulumi repository](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi) (GitHub)
+ [AWS modernization with Pulumi workshop](https://pulumi.awsworkshop.io/)