Category: Amazon Q

Introduction Software engineering stands at an inflection point. While previous technological shifts enhanced what developers could build, AI is fundamentally changing how we build. Amazon Q has driven a shift in how developers at Amazon approach software development. At re:Invent 2024, our breakout session Unleashing generative AI: Amazon’s journey with Amazon Q Developer (DOP214) shared […]

Amazon Q Developer recently added support for customizing C# and C++ suggestions based on your company’s codebase. This blog post explores how developers can tailor the AI assistant to provide accurate inline suggestions and contextual code understanding for their C# and C++ projects. You will learn how to leverage customizations to boost productivity, streamline development […]

Increasing developer productivity has been a persistent challenge for senior leaders over the past decades. With the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), a new wave of innovation is transforming how software teams work. Generative AI tools like Amazon Q Developer are emerging as game-changers, supporting developers across the entire software development lifecycle. But how […]

The AWS Developer Day 2025 showcased how generative AI developer tools from AWS are transforming software development practices, enabling faster building and scaling of cloud software through product launches, leadership insights, and practical demonstrations.

On February 14, Amazon Q Developer announced support for upgrades to Java 21. As a Java developer, I’m excited about this new capability, which will make it easier for me to keep my applications up-to-date and take advantage of the latest language features and performance improvements. In addition, the latest version of Amazon Q Developer […]

In this blog post, I dive into the powerful new features of Amazon Q Developer that empower developers to take full control of their development workflow. These features, currently available in Visual Studio Code, allow you to leverage workspace context, explicit context, prompt libraries, and project rules to streamline your software projects, maintain coding standards, […]

Earlier today, Amazon Q Developer announced an enhanced CLI agent within the Amazon Q command line interface (CLI). With this announcement, Q Developer brings the latest agentic experience to the CLI that provide a more dynamic, interactive coding experience that works with you, and iteratively makes changes based on your feedback. Amazon Q Developer can […]

Today, we’re excited to announce that AWS Chatbot has been renamed to Amazon Q Developer, representing an enhancement to developer productivity through generative AI-powered capabilities. This update represents more than a name change – it’s an enhancement of our chat-based DevOps capabilities. By combining AWS Chatbot’s proven functionality with Amazon Q’s generative AI capabilities, we’re […]

AWS CloudFormation: 2024 Year in Review AWS CloudFormation enables you to model and provision your cloud application infrastructure as code-base templates. Whether you prefer writing templates directly in JSON or YAML, or using programming languages like Python, Java, and TypeScript with the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), CloudFormation and CDK provide the flexibility you need. […]

As software development continues to evolve at a rapid pace, developers are constantly seeking tools that can streamline their workflow, improve code quality, and boost productivity. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has answered this call with the introduction of powerful new AI agents for Amazon Q Developer. AI-powered agents transform the way developers approach documentation, unit […]