Simplified CDKv2 implementation

[vishnus17]

Implementing CDKv2 of the SIH solution.

I found it hard to modify the SIH solution and wanted the flexibility to deploy it using CDK so I designed a CDK v2 version of the solution so that users can modify the solution easily.

Please review it here and let me know what you think of it: https://github.com/vishnus17/serverless-image-handler-cdkv2

Thanks

[dougtoppin]

@vishnus17 thanks for your suggestion, we will take a look and get back to you

[vishnus17]

Thanks @dougtoppin

[vishnus17]

Hi @dougtoppin . Any updates on this?

[dougtoppin]

@vishnus17 we have not gotten to your approach yet but it is on our list to take a look at, thanks for submitting it

[vishnus17]

Hi @dougtoppin .
I wrote an article explaining my implementation. In case you need it for the review, posting the link here: https://vishnusblog.tech/serverless-image-handler-cdk-v2-simplified-implementation-sih-cdk-solution

[dougtoppin]

@vishnus17 thanks for the update, we will take a look and give you feedback on any comments that we have

[vishnus17]

Hi @dougtoppin.
I was wondering if you got a chance to go through my work. Happy to make a PR if you found it useful.

[dougtoppin]

@vishnus17 This is more appropriate as a discussion rather that an issue, it was moved here.

We were not sure what simplifications that you made but it looks like the cdk.json context is being used more extensively.

Since the js files are controlled rather than the ts files for the Lambdas it was difficult to do a side-by-side comparison to ensure that all the same capabilities are being supported.

If you want to explain the simplification changes and the reason for controlling js, rather than ts, we can continue the discussion here.

[vishnus17]

@dougtoppin
cdk.json is used to store the configuration information for CDK applications.
The reason for controlling js, rather than ts is to simplify the development process, CDK allows developers to use JavaScript directly, rather than requiring them to write TypeScript and then transpile it to JavaScript. I think that's how CDK is built.

I've recreated the solution to a CDK project which helps to customize the solution as a whole from one stack - like the SIH lambda environment variables to make modifications or changes to CloudFront etc.

You can read more about it here: https://vishnusblog.tech/serverless-image-handler-cdk-v2-simplified-implementation-sih-cdk-solution#heading-modifying-the-serverless-image-handler-solution