Amazon Q Developer basics

After understanding the challenges developers face, AWS created a generative AI-powered assistant – Amazon Q Developer.

Developers typically follow the software development lifecycle (SDLC): plan, create, test, operate, and maintain. Each stage in this process is often repetitive and error-prone. As a result, the process takes significant time and effort, hampering developer productivity. The following figure shows the typical SDLC tasks on which developers spend time and effort.

Figure 2.1 – The SDLC tasks that developers spend the most time on

Amazon Q Developer assists developers across the SDLC. Let’s look at this at a high level before diving deep into each of these components throughout the book:

• Plan: Amazon Q assists during the planning phase by providing code explanations and helping with AWS best practices and recommendations.
• Create: Amazon Q enhances development productivity by offering...