In the last chapter, we performed many operations with different AWS services using the web console. Most of the operations that can be done using the AWS web console can also be done using the AWS command-line interface, AWS SDKs, and also the REST API. AWS provides SDKs for many popular programming languages, such as C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Python, and Ruby. For the purpose of demonstrating the SDKs, we have chosen the C# programming language for Windows platforms and the Python language for Linux platforms, as these languages are widely used across the industry. 

Let's begin by setting up development environments on the Windows and Unix platforms.