Amazon Q Developer is a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) powered assistant that can help you understand, build, extend, and operate AWS applications. This lab uses functionality from Amazon CodeWhisperer which has been incorporated into Amazon Q Developer. Specifically, coding companion functionality that provides code recommendations based on contextual information like prior code and comments.

AWS Cloud9 is a cloud-based integrated development environment that allows you to write, run, and debug code in your browser. The Cloud9 IDE supports the use of Amazon Q Developer to generate code suggestions.

In this lab, you will learn about Amazon Q Developer and its features. You will also learn how to enable Amazon Q Developer suggestions in the Cloud9 IDE and how to use those suggestions to write Python code.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this beginner-level lab, you will be able to:

• Enable Amazon Q Developer suggestions in the Cloud9 IDE
• Utilize Amazon Q Developer suggestions to write and deploy a Python function

Intended audience

• Cloud Developers
• Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

• AWS Cloud9
• Amazon Q Developer
• Python

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

• Amazon Q Developer: Generating Code with AI
• AWS Cloud9 Terminal and Editor Playground

Updates

June 14, 2024 - Updated the lab to refer to Amazon Q Developer, which now integrates Amazon CodeWhisperer