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align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://online.urjc.es/es/para-futuros-estudiantes/ensenanzas-propias/master-en-cloud-apps\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"./LogoMCA.png\" alt=\"Logo\"\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n# CDK8s for Java Developers\n\nExamples of how to use Java to define Kubernetes applications\n\n- [Getting started with cdk8s](part1-getting-started)\n- [CDK8s-plus](part2-cdk8plus)\n- [Using Custom Resource Definitions with cdk8s](part3-crd)\n- [Extend cdk8s with custom Constructs](part4-custom-construct)\n- [Manage AWS services from Kubernetes](part5-dynamodb-eks-ack-cdk8s)\n- [Combine cdk8s with AWS CDK](part6-cdk-eks-construct)\n- [Helm vs cdk8s](part7-helm-vs-cdk8s)\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- AWS account \n- [AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html) \n- [cdk8s CLI ](https://cdk8s.io/docs/latest/getting-started/#install-the-cli) \n- [kubectl.](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/#kubectl) \n- [AWS CDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/getting_started.html#getting_started_install)\n- [the Java programming language (v1.8 or above)](https://sdkman.io/jdks) \n- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)\n\n## Introduction\n\nWe will cover how Java developers can use the [cdk8s](https://cdk8s.io/docs/latest/) (Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes)\nproject for defining Kubernetes resources. 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