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When Amazon Net 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 data 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.
In the present day, we’re saying the final availability of Amazon Q Developer. With this announcement, we’re sharing some updates and previewing further capabilities. Let’s get began.
Amazon Q Developer has data of your AWS account assets (preview)
This new functionality, launching in preview, helps you perceive and handle your cloud infrastructure on AWS. With this functionality, you may listing and describe your AWS assets utilizing pure language prompts, minimizing friction in navigating the AWS Administration Console and compiling all info from documentation pages.
To get began, you may 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 assets. 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 attempt: Record all of my Lambda capabilities.
I may also listing my assets residing in different AWS Areas with out having to navigate by means of the AWS Administration Console.
Immediate so that you can attempt: Record my Lambda capabilities within the Singapore Area.
Not solely that, this functionality may also 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 perform.
Immediate so that you can attempt: 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 give attention to my workflow to handle my AWS assets.
Amazon Q Developer can now assist you to perceive your prices (preview)
To completely maximize the worth of cloud spend, I have to have a radical 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 price information from AWS Value 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 attempt: What had been the highest three highest-cost providers in Q1?
From the Amazon Q response, I can validate and additional examine this consequence by deciding on the Visualize this information in AWS Value Explorer, which can convey me to the AWS Value Explorer dashboard. Then, I can comply with up with this immediate:
Immediate so that you can attempt: Record providers in my account which elevated essentially the most from February to March.
Briefly, this functionality makes it simpler for me to develop a deep understanding and get precious insights into my cloud spending.
Amazon Q extension for IDEs
As a part of the replace, we additionally launched an Amazon Q built-in growth surroundings (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.
Should you’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 possibly can proceed to make use of Amazon Q usually.
For present customers, you’ll need to replace the AWS Toolkit extension in your IDEs. When you’ve completed the replace, in case you have present Amazon Q and Amazon CodeWhisperer connections, even when they’re expired, the brand new Amazon Q extension shall be routinely put in for you.
Should you’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 got free entry to 2 present superior capabilities of Amazon Q Developer in IDE, Amazon Q Developer Agent for software program growth and Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation. I’m actually enthusiastic about this replace!
With the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software program growth, 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 undertaking. He used the next immediate to generate an implementation plan for creating a brand new API in AWS Lambda:
Immediate so that you can attempt: Add an API to listing all help instances. Expose this API as a brand new Lambda perform
Amazon Q Developer then supplies an preliminary plan and you’ll carry on iterating this plan till you’re positive principally all the pieces is roofed. Then, you may settle for the plan and choose Insert code.
The opposite functionality you may entry utilizing AWS Builder ID is Developer Agent for code transformation. This functionality will assist 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 supplies particulars particular to my functions to assist me perceive the general improve course of. To get began, I enter /remodel within the Amazon Q Developer chat and supply the required particulars for Amazon Q to begin upgrading my java undertaking.
In step one, Amazon Q identifies and supplies particulars on the Java Growth 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, 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 suggest changing, it would make these updates routinely throughout 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 assessments 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 may 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 may 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 in regards to the availability of Amazon Q Developer capabilities, please go to Amazon Q Developer FAQs web page.
- Pricing — Amazon Q Developer now affords 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 Middle to seek out deep-dive technical content material and to find how one can pace up your software program growth work.
Completely happy constructing,
— Donnie
April 30, 2024 replace: This submit has been corrected to notice that Amazon Q data of your account assets is obtainable solely in preview.
