Amazon Q Developer
Amazon's AI-powered assistant for software development, formerly CodeWhisperer. Provides code generation, debugging, and optimization with deep AWS integration.
About
Amazon Q Developer (formerly AWS CodeWhisperer) is Amazon's enterprise-grade AI coding assistant, purpose-built for AWS and cloud-native development. It provides intelligent code suggestions, helps developers write secure code by automatically scanning for security vulnerabilities, and offers guidance on AWS best practices. The tool excels at AWS-specific tasks like Lambda function generation, CloudFormation templates, and infrastructure-as-code. Amazon Q Developer can transform and upgrade Java applications, generate unit tests, and explain complex code. It includes built-in reference tracking to identify when suggestions match public code repositories. The tool is deeply integrated into AWS services and the AWS Console, making it ideal for teams heavily invested in AWS infrastructure.
Business Intelligence
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Market Recognition
Well KnownKnown in industry
Momentum
GrowingKey Features
- ✓AI code completion
- ✓AWS service integration
- ✓Security vulnerability scanning
- ✓Code transformation and upgrades
- ✓Natural language to code
- ✓Multi-language support (15+)
- ✓Reference tracking
- ✓IDE integration
Use Cases
- →AWS service development
- →Cloud-native application building
- →Security vulnerability detection
- →Java code transformation
- →Infrastructure as code
- →Lambda function generation
- →AWS best practices implementation
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