HCL auto-code generation for Terraform using Amazon Q Developer

We’ll follow the theme to start with a basic knowledge of the language in this section, too. I’ll first assume the persona of a new IaC developer who is planning to work with HCL by Terraform and does not have any background with the tool.

Terraform basics

Let’s use Amazon Q Developer’s chat-style interface to educate IaC developers, where they can simply ask questions in natural language to learn about Terraform.

Let’s first learn about Terraform from Amazon Q Developer:

Q: What is Terraform and what is it use for?

Figure 9.5 – Prompt – IaC Terraform basic partial screenshot

As you can see in the preceding partial screenshot, Amazon Q Developer provided basic information: “Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool created by HashiCorp. It is used for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure resources...