Alex DeBrie • 3/21/2019

How and Why to Use CloudFormation Macros

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This technical article explores AWS CloudFormation Macros, a feature that allows developers to create custom transformations for CloudFormation templates. It covers what macros are, when to use them, and provides practical examples including creating a template macro for Python-style string formatting and a snippet macro for setting DynamoDB Table defaults.

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