# Cloudscript Overview

Cloudscript is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) language that enables you to provision, configure, and deploy cloud resources seamlessly across multiple platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes.&#x20;

Combining the features of Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, Cloudscript lets you to define and manage your infrastructure, configurations, and containerized applications in one unified syntax.

## Key Features

* **Unified Syntax**: Define infrastructure, configurations, and containers in one file.
* **Multi-Provider Support**: Easily target multiple cloud providers.
* **Simplified Workflows**: Define the order of operations and dependencies between components.
* **Extensibility**: Configure containers, virtual machines, and Kubernetes clusters with intuitive blocks.
* **Deployment Patterns**: Apply mappings and conditional deployments using simple syntax.
* **Enhanced Syntax Features**:
  * **Simpler For-Loops**: Simplify iteration over lists and ranges.
  * **Custom Type Definitions**: Define reusable and structured types.
  * **Calculated Fields (`calc`)**: Dynamically compute field values.
  * **File Path Specification:**&#x20;

{% content-ref url="get-started" %}
[get-started](https://docs.cloudscript.ai/cloudscript/getting-started/get-started)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../syntax/readme" %}
[readme](https://docs.cloudscript.ai/cloudscript/syntax/readme)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../cloudscript-cli/cli-overview-and-prequisites" %}
[cli-overview-and-prequisites](https://docs.cloudscript.ai/cloudscript/cloudscript-cli/cli-overview-and-prequisites)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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