YAML Crash Course

YAML stands for “YAML Ain’t Markup Language”

Summary

• YAML and JSON are the languages you can use for CloudFormation.
• JSON is horrible for CloudFormation
  • Which is why we will focus on YAML
• This is the language that will be used in the exam
• Features:
  • Readable Key value Pairs
  • Nested objects
    • denoted by: tab indentatiom
  • Support Arrays
    • denoted by: -
  • Multi line strings
  • Case sensitive
  • Can include comments