Dive into a comprehensive 4.5-hour course on AWS CloudFormation, covering essential concepts and practical implementations. Learn to create and manage CloudFormation templates, work with parameters, conditions, and intrinsic functions, and explore advanced features like cross-stack references and user data scripts. Master the use of cfn-init for resource configuration, including packages, sources, and outputs. Discover how to integrate CloudFormation with CI/CD pipelines using CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline. Explore nested stacks, stack policies, and gain a solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles using AWS CloudFormation.