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## Initial Setup

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Before you begin, make sure you have gone through the steps in the [Prerequisites](/15-prerequisites.html) section.

You must also have <a href="https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/" target="_blank">Docker</a> running and <a href="https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install" target="_blank">Yarn</a> installed in your development environment to complete this walkthrough.
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## Create the Parent Directory and Project Directory

### Parent Directory 
We'll create a parent directory to hold all of the code for this workshop:

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mkdir construct-hub-workshop && cd construct-hub-workshop
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### Project Directory
Next we'll create a project directory for the actual Construct Hub construct we'll be deploying to our aws account:

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mkdir internal-construct-hub && cd internal-construct-hub
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## Create a New TypeScript CDK Project

We will use `cdk init` to create a new TypeScript CDK project:

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cdk init app --language typescript
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