AWS previously launched CloudFormation Designer, a drag-and drop tool with support for all CloudFormation resources, but the tool did not include any best practices in the synthesized code.

Benefits of AWS CloudFormation As you can imagine, using AWS CloudFormation means there is one primary method of controlling the infrastructure rather than a disparate set of parameters and controls.

AWS has announced the general availability of AWS CloudFormation Hooks which allow for custom logic prior to a create, update, or delete CloudFormation stack operation. CloudFormation hooks ...