AWS CDK releases v1.117.0 - v1.120.0 with improved support for Amazon Kinesis Firehose, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Cognito, and more

During August, 2021, 4 new versions of the [AWS Cloud Development Kit](/cdk/) (CDK) for JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, .NET and Go were released (v1.117.0 through v1.120.0). These releases include multiple additions to the [Kinesis Firehose Construct Library](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest/docs/aws-kinesisfirehose-readme.html), including compression and prefixes on S3 delivery stream destinations, delivery stream metrics, S3 source backups, AWS Lambda-based data processors and more. Additionally, [CloudFront Construct Library](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest/docs/aws-cloudfront-readme.html) now supports Origin Shield, [CloudWatch](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest/docs/aws-cloudwatch-readme.html) supports defining alarms across AWS accounts, and [Cognito User Pools](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest/docs/aws-cognito-readme.html) support Device Tracking. These releases resolve 28 issues and introduce 37 new features that span 30 different modules across the library. Many of these changes were contributed by the developer community. The AWS CDK is a software development framework for defining cloud applications using familiar programming languages. The AWS CDK simplifies cloud development on AWS by hiding infrastructure and application complexity behind intent-based, object-oriented APIs for each AWS service. To get started, see the following resources: * Read the full release notes for [1.117.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/releases/tag/v1.117.0), [1.118.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/releases/tag/v1.118.0), [1.119.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/releases/tag/v1.119.0) and [1.120.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/releases/tag/v1.120.0). * Get started with the AWS CDK in all supported languages by taking [CDK Workshop](https://cdkworkshop.com/). * Read our [Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/home.html) and [API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest/docs/aws-construct-library.html). * Find useful constructs published by AWS, partners and the community in [Construct Hub](https://constructs.dev/). * Connect with the community in the [cdk.dev](https://cdk.dev/) Slack workspace. * Follow our [Contribution Guide](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) to learn how to contribute fixes and features to the CDK.