AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Jesse Williams
Jesse Williams is the developer marketing lead for Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector. He has spent his career leading marketing and demand strategies for developer-focused technologies, tools, and open source projects.
Improving government services: IDE extension for COBOL syntax highlighting wins the third annual AWS Hackathon for Good
At the AWS Nonprofit Hackathon for Good, 484 participants built solutions to help relieve the burden on developers in the government who are facing increasing demands on their systems during COVID-19. Hackathon participants were tasked with improving the workflows of the frontline developers who maintain mission-critical COBOL applications. The winning solution created an integrated developer environment (IDE) extension for COBOL syntax highlighting, and is now available in the VS Code Marketplace.
Developers’ guide to the AWS Public Sector Summit Online 2020
The annual AWS Public Sector Summit is now an online experience. At the virtual event, developers can build their own agenda, choosing between two session tracks as well as multiple virtual booths, zones, and activities. If you’re a developer who has registered or are thinking about registering, here’s what you need to know.
Lower AWS expenses with Amazon CodeGuru runtime optimizations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Amazon CodeGuru (Preview), a machine learning service for automated code reviews and application performance recommendations, at AWS re:Invent 2019. The new service helps development teams find code defects or performance issues and gives recommendations to improve code quality, saving time and expense.