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:

• Configuration – How to use the shared config and credentials files or environment variables to configure your AWS SDKs and tools.

• Authentication and access – Establish how your code or tool authenticates with AWS when you develop with AWS services.

• Configuration and authentication settings reference – Reference for all standardized settings available for authentication and configuration.

• AWS Common Runtime (CRT) libraries – Overview of the shared AWS Common Runtime (CRT) libraries that are available to almost all SDKs.

• 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:
Any SDK or tool	AWS SDKs and Tools maintenance policy
AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) Developer Guide AWS Serverless Application Model Developer Guide AWS Toolkit for Eclipse User Guide AWS Toolkit for JetBrains User Guide AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio User Guide AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code User Guide	Configuration Authentication and access AWS SDKs and Tools maintenance policy
AWS Command Line Interface User Guide AWS SDK for C++ Developer Guide AWS SDK for Go Developer Guide AWS SDK for Java Developer Guide AWS SDK for JavaScript Developer Guide AWS SDK for .NET Developer Guide AWS SDK for PHP Developer Guide AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) Getting Started AWS SDK for Ruby Developer Guide AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell User Guide	Configuration Authentication and access Configuration and authentication settings reference AWS Common Runtime (CRT) libraries AWS SDKs and Tools maintenance policy

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