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When Amazon Internet Companies (AWS) launched Amazon Q Developer as a preview final yr, it modified my expertise of interacting with AWS providers and, on the similar time, maximizing the potential of AWS providers each day. Skilled on 17 years of AWS information and expertise, this generative synthetic intelligence (generative AI)–powered assistant helps me construct functions on AWS, analysis greatest practices, carry out troubleshooting, and resolve errors.
At this time, we’re asserting the final availability of Amazon Q Developer. On this announcement, we have now a number of updates, together with new 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’ll be able to record and describe your AWS sources utilizing pure language prompts, minimizing friction in navigating the AWS Administration Console and compiling all info from documentation pages.
To get began, you’ll be able to navigate to the AWS Administration Console and choose the Amazon Q Developer icon.
With this functionality, I can ask Amazon Q Developer to record all of my AWS sources. For instance, if I ask Amazon Q Developer, “Listing 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: Listing all of my Lambda capabilities.
I can even record my sources residing in different AWS Areas with out having to navigate by the AWS Administration Console.
Immediate so that you can strive: Listing my Lambda capabilities within the Singapore Area.
Not solely that, this functionality can even generate AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) instructions so I could make modifications instantly. Right here, I ask Amazon Q Developer to vary the timeout configuration for my Lambda perform.
Immediate so that you can strive: Change the timeout for Lambda perform <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>:perform:<AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>",
"Runtime": "python3.8",
"Function": "arn:aws:iam::<ACCOUNT_ID>:position/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 info within the AWS Administration Console and generate AWS CLI instructions so I can instantly implement any modifications that I would like. This helps me deal with my workflow to handle my AWS sources.
Amazon Q Developer can now allow you to perceive your prices (preview)
To totally maximize the worth of cloud spend, I must 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 information from AWS Price Explorer.
Within the following instance, I can ask Amazon Q Developer the highest three highest-cost providers in Q1 this yr.
Immediate so that you can strive: What had been the highest three highest-cost providers in Q1?
From the Amazon Q response, I can validate and additional examine this end result by deciding on the Visualize this information in AWS Price Explorer, which is able to deliver me to the AWS Price Explorer dashboard. Then, I can comply with up with this immediate:
Immediate so that you can strive: Listing providers in my account which elevated essentially the most from February to March.
In brief, this functionality makes it simpler for me to develop a deep understanding and get priceless 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 setting (IDE) extension for Visible Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs. Now, you will notice two extensions within the IDE marketplaces: (1) Amazon Q and (2) AWS Toolkit.
In case you’re a brand new person, after putting in the Amazon Q extension, you will notice a sign-in web page within the IDE with two choices: utilizing AWS Builder ID or single sign-on. You may proceed to make use of Amazon Q usually.
For current customers, you have to to replace the AWS Toolkit extension in your IDEs. When you’ve completed the replace, in case you have current Amazon Q and Amazon CodeWhisperer connections, even when they’re expired, the brand new Amazon Q extension will probably be mechanically put in for you.
In case you’re utilizing Visible Studio 2022, you should utilize 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 utilize AWS Builder ID to begin utilizing Amazon Q Developer in your most well-liked IDEs. Now, with this announcement, you may have 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 help 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 record all help instances. Expose this API as a brand new Lambda perform
Amazon Q Developer then offers an preliminary plan and you’ll carry on iterating this plan till you’re certain largely all the things is roofed. Then, you’ll be able to settle for the plan and choose Insert code.
The opposite functionality you’ll be able to entry utilizing AWS Builder ID is Developer Agent for code transformation. This functionality will allow you to in upgrading your Java functions in IntelliJ or Visible Studio Code. Danilo described this functionality final yr, and you’ll see his thorough journey in Improve your Java functions with Amazon Q Code Transformation (preview).
Enhancements in Amazon Q Developer Agent for Code Transformation
The brand new transformation plan offers particulars particular to my functions 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 offers particulars on the Java Improvement Package (JDK) model, dependencies, and associated code that must be up to date. The dependencies upgrades now embody upgrading well-liked frameworks to their newest main variations. For instance, when 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 suggest changing, it is going to make these updates mechanically throughout the improve. This can be a new enhancement to Amazon Q capabilities and is on the market 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’ll be able to improve Java 8 and 11 functions which are constructed utilizing Apache Maven to Java model 17. To get began with the Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation functionality, you’ll be able to 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 study extra in regards to the availability of Amazon Q Developer capabilities, please go to Amazon Q Developer FAQs web page.
- Pricing — Amazon Q Developer now presents two pricing tiers – Free (free), and Professional, at $19/month/person.
- Free self-paced course on AWS Ability 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 expertise coaching to 2 million individuals 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.
Joyful constructing,
— Donnie
April 30, 2024 replace: This put up has been corrected to notice that Amazon Q information of your account sources is on the market solely in preview.
