No, you don’t need to test every line of your CDK application

Several people have asked me about unit testing CDK applications recently. The questions often go something like this:

“Because it can be in Python or TS, people bring up unit testing for CDK, whereas it’s not even thought about with Serverless Framework, SAM or Terraform. What are your thoughts on this?”

“I have so many tests for my CDK application that they are kind of a pain to maintain. Am I doing this right?”

“Whenever I change my CDK code …

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