Amazon Q Developer ships as an IDE plugin for completion, code Q and A and error explanation, and its English name still appears as CodeWhisperer, a hint that it began with completion. Its trait is tight AWS integration: for cloud service calls, configuration and related code, its direction tends to match AWS practice. It handles general coding too, without a clear edge. Verify suggestions involving permissions and resources before shipping.
What it does
- Inline and block code generation
- Chat for explanation, error tracing and fixes
- Code and configuration suggestions for cloud services
- Security checks with fix directions
- Plugins for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs
Who it is for
- AWS-hosted projects with code that touches cloud resources
- Completion and error questions in one plugin
- Understanding config and calls in an inherited cloud project
- A pass over common security issues before launch
How to get started
- Install the plugin and try completion and chat on an existing project
- Verify suggestions touching cloud resources and permissions in your environment
- Judge each security alert and log false positives into a checklist
