AWS SDKs and Tools Reference Guide
Many SDKs and tools share some common functionality, either through shared design specifications or through a shared library.
This guide includes information regarding:
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Configuration – How to use the shared
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Authentication and access – Establish how your code or tool authenticates with AWS when you develop with AWS services.
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Settings reference – Reference for all standardized settings available for authentication and configuration.
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AWS Common Runtime (CRT) libraries – Overview of the shared AWS Common Runtime (CRT) libraries that are available to almost all SDKs.
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AWS SDKs and Tools maintenance policy covers the maintenance policy and versioning for AWS Software Development Kits (SDKs) and tools, including Mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) SDKs, and their underlying dependencies.
This AWS SDKs and Tools Reference Guide is intended to be a base of information that is applicable to multiple SDKs and tools. The specific guide for the SDK or tool that you are using should be used in addition to any information presented here. The following are the SDK and tools which have relevant sections of material in this guide:
| If you are using: | This guide’s relevant sections for you are: |
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AWS SDKs and Tools maintenance policy |
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AWS Common Runtime (CRT) libraries |
Developer resources
For an overview of tools that can help you develop applications on AWS, see Tools to
Build on AWS
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Toolkit telemetry notification
AWS Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Toolkits are plugins and extensions that enable access to AWS services from your IDE. For detailed information about each of the IDE Toolkits, see the Toolkit User Guides in the preceding table.
AWS IDE Toolkits may collect and store client-side telemetry data to inform decisions regarding future AWS Toolkit releases. The data collected quantifies your usage of the AWS Toolkit.
To learn more about the telemetry data collected across all of the AWS IDE Toolkits, see the commonDefinitions.jsonaws-toolkit-common Github repository.
For detailed information about the telemetry data collected by each of the AWS IDE Toolkits, reference the resource documents in the following AWS Toolkits' Github repositories:
Certain AWS services that are accessible in the AWS Toolkits may collect additional client-side telemetry data. For detailed information about the type of data collected by each individual AWS service, see the AWS Documentation topic for the specific service you're interested in.
