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When Amazon Net Companies (AWS) launched Amazon Q Developer as a preview final 12 months, it modified my expertise of interacting with AWS companies and, on the identical time, maximizing the potential of AWS companies every day. Skilled on 17 years of AWS information and expertise, this generative synthetic intelligence (generative AI)–powered assistant helps me construct purposes on AWS, analysis finest practices, carry out troubleshooting, and resolve errors.
As we speak, we’re asserting the overall availability of Amazon Q Developer. With this announcement, we’re sharing some updates and previewing extra capabilities. Let’s get began.
Amazon Q Developer has information of your AWS account sources (preview)
This new functionality, launching in preview, helps you perceive and handle your cloud infrastructure on AWS. With this functionality, you possibly can listing and describe your AWS sources utilizing pure language prompts, minimizing friction in navigating the AWS Administration Console and compiling all data from documentation pages.
To get began, you possibly can navigate to the AWS Administration Console and choose the Amazon Q Developer icon.
With this functionality, I can ask Amazon Q Developer to listing all of my AWS sources. For instance, if I ask Amazon Q Developer, “Record all of my Lambda capabilities,” Amazon Q Developer returns the response with a set of my AWS Lambda capabilities as requested, in addition to deep hyperlinks so I can navigate to every useful resource simply.
Immediate so that you can strive: Record all of my Lambda capabilities.
I may listing my sources residing in different AWS Areas with out having to navigate via the AWS Administration Console.
Immediate so that you can strive: Record my Lambda capabilities within the Singapore Area.
Not solely that, this functionality may generate AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) instructions so I could make modifications instantly. Right here, I ask Amazon Q Developer to alter the timeout configuration for my Lambda operate.
Immediate so that you can strive: Change the timeout for Lambda operate <NAME of AWS LAMBDA FUNCTION> within the Singapore Area to 10 seconds.
I can see Amazon Q Developer generated an AWS CLI command for me to carry out the motion. Subsequent, I can copy and paste the command into my terminal to carry out the change.
$> aws lambda update-function-configuration --function-name <AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME> --region ap-southeast-1 --timeout 10
{
"FunctionName": "<AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>",
"FunctionArn": "arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-1:<ACCOUNT_ID>:operate:<AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>",
"Runtime": "python3.8",
"Function": "arn:aws:iam::<ACCOUNT_ID>:function/service-role/-role-1o58f7qb",
"Handler": "lambda_function.lambda_handler",
"CodeSize": 399,
"Description": "",
"Timeout": 10,
...
<truncated for brevity> }What I actually like about this functionality is that it minimizes the effort and time wanted to get my account data within the AWS Administration Console and generate AWS CLI instructions so I can instantly implement any modifications that I would like. This helps me concentrate on my workflow to handle my AWS sources.
Amazon Q Developer can now enable you to perceive your prices (preview)
To totally maximize the worth of cloud spend, I have to have an intensive understanding of my cloud prices. With this functionality, I can get solutions to AWS cost-related questions utilizing pure language. This functionality works by retrieving and analyzing value knowledge from AWS Value Explorer.
Within the following instance, I can ask Amazon Q Developer the highest three highest-cost companies in Q1 this 12 months.
Immediate so that you can strive: What had been the highest three highest-cost companies in Q1?
From the Amazon Q response, I can validate and additional examine this outcome by deciding on the Visualize this knowledge in AWS Value Explorer, which is able to deliver me to the AWS Value Explorer dashboard. Then, I can comply with up with this immediate:
Immediate so that you can strive: Record companies in my account which elevated probably the most from February to March.
Briefly, this functionality makes it simpler for me to develop a deep understanding and get invaluable insights into my cloud spending.
Amazon Q extension for IDEs
As a part of the replace, we additionally launched an Amazon Q built-in improvement atmosphere (IDE) extension for Visible Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs. Now, you will note two extensions within the IDE marketplaces: (1) Amazon Q and (2) AWS Toolkit.
For those who’re a brand new consumer, after putting in the Amazon Q extension, you will note a sign-in web page within the IDE with two choices: utilizing AWS Builder ID or single sign-on. You’ll be able to proceed to make use of Amazon Q usually.
For current customers, you’ll need to replace the AWS Toolkit extension in your IDEs. When you’ve completed the replace, you probably have current Amazon Q and Amazon CodeWhisperer connections, even when they’re expired, the brand new Amazon Q extension can be mechanically put in for you.
For those who’re utilizing Visible Studio 2022, you should use Amazon Q Developer as a part of the AWS Toolkit for Visible Studio 2022 extension.
Free entry for superior capabilities in IDE
As you would possibly know, you should use AWS Builder ID to begin utilizing Amazon Q Developer in your most well-liked IDEs. Now, with this announcement, you’ve free entry to 2 current superior capabilities of Amazon Q Developer in IDE, Amazon Q Developer Agent for software program improvement and Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation. I’m actually enthusiastic about this replace!
With the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software program improvement, Amazon Q Developer might help you develop code options for tasks in your IDE. To get began, you enter /dev within the Amazon Q Developer chat panel. My colleague Séb shared with me the next screenshot when he was utilizing this functionality for his assist case venture. He used the next immediate to generate an implementation plan for creating a brand new API in AWS Lambda:
Immediate so that you can strive: Add an API to listing all assist instances. Expose this API as a brand new Lambda operate
Amazon Q Developer then gives an preliminary plan and you’ll carry on iterating this plan till you’re positive largely all the things is roofed. Then, you possibly can settle for the plan and choose Insert code.
The opposite functionality you possibly can entry utilizing AWS Builder ID is Developer Agent for code transformation. This functionality will enable you to in upgrading your Java purposes in IntelliJ or Visible Studio Code. Danilo described this functionality final 12 months, and you’ll see his thorough journey in Improve your Java purposes with Amazon Q Code Transformation (preview).
Enhancements in Amazon Q Developer Agent for Code Transformation
The brand new transformation plan gives particulars particular to my purposes to assist me perceive the general improve course of. To get began, I enter /rework within the Amazon Q Developer chat and supply the mandatory particulars for Amazon Q to begin upgrading my java venture.
In step one, Amazon Q identifies and gives particulars on the Java Improvement Equipment (JDK) model, dependencies, and associated code that must be up to date. The dependencies upgrades now embody upgrading widespread frameworks to their newest main variations. For instance, should you’re constructing with Spring Boot, it now will get upgraded to model 3 as a part of the Java 17 improve.
On this step, if Amazon Q identifies any deprecated code that Java language specs advocate changing, it is going to make these updates mechanically in the course of the improve. It is a new enhancement to Amazon Q capabilities and is obtainable now.
Within the third step, this functionality will construct and run unit exams on the upgraded code, together with fixing any points to make sure the code compilation course of will run easily after the improve.
With this functionality, you possibly can improve Java 8 and 11 purposes which might be constructed utilizing Apache Maven to Java model 17. To get began with the Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation functionality, you possibly can learn and comply with the steps at Improve language variations with Amazon Q Code Transformation. We even have pattern code so that you can do this functionality.
Issues to know
- Availability — To be taught extra concerning the availability of Amazon Q Developer capabilities, please go to Amazon Q Developer FAQs web page.
- Pricing — Amazon Q Developer now gives two pricing tiers – Free (free), and Professional, at $19/month/consumer.
- Free self-paced course on AWS Talent Builder — Amazon Q Introduction is a 15-minute course that gives a high-level overview of Amazon Q, a generative AI–powered assistant, and the use instances and advantages of utilizing it. This course is a part of Amazon’s AI Prepared initiative to supply free AI abilities coaching to 2 million folks globally by 2025.
Go to our Amazon Q Developer Heart to seek out deep-dive technical content material and to find how one can pace up your software program improvement work.
Glad constructing,
— Donnie
April 30, 2024 replace: This publish has been corrected to notice that Amazon Q information of your account sources is obtainable solely in preview.