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# Prerequisites for the Workshop

To perform this workshop, you'll need the following:

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Node.js is always required to use CDK, but all other language prerequisites
are only required if building a CDK app in that specific language

You can skip any of these steps if you have these tools already installed on
your machine.

Click on the arrow to the right to continue to the first step.

## See Also

- [Prerequisites in the AWS CDK User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/getting_started.html#getting_started_prerequisites)