Full-Stack Web App

intermediate

CloudFront + S3 frontend, API Gateway + Lambda backend, Cognito auth, and Aurora Serverless v2 PostgreSQL. Production-ready full-stack pattern with all wiring included.

full-stack cloudfront cognito aurora apigateway lambda
Quick Start

Via CLI (recommended)

npx cdk-starter create

Then select "Full-Stack Web App" from the prompt

Or scaffold directly

npx cdk-starter create --starter full-stack-webapp

README

Full-Stack Web App

Complete full-stack pattern: CloudFront + S3 frontend, API Gateway + Lambda backend, Cognito auth, and Aurora Serverless v2 PostgreSQL. All components are wired together in a single stack.

Frontend

Build your frontend and put the output in frontend/dist/:

cd frontend && npm run build

Backend

Edit src/api.ts to add your Lambda handler logic.

Database

The Aurora cluster endpoint and credentials ARN are available as stack outputs.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js ≥ 20
  • AWS CLI configured (aws configure)
  • CDK bootstrapped (npx cdk bootstrap)

Deploy

npm install
npx cdk diff
npx cdk deploy

Tear down

npx cdk destroy