Amazon Q Developer is an AI assistant from AWS that helps people write code and understand, build and run applications on AWS.
In plain words
In a code editor, it can chat about your code, suggest code as you type, write new code, look for security problems and help upgrade older code. In the AWS console it answers questions about your cloud setup, such as costs, architecture or network problems. It runs on Amazon Bedrock. AWS plans to end support for its editor plugins on 30 April 2027 and points people to Kiro, a newer AI coding tool, for similar features.
A quick example
Imagine a developer writes a comment describing a function they need. Amazon Q Developer suggests the code in their editor, and later they ask it in the AWS console why their cloud bill went up.
Where you'll meet it
- Code suggestions in editors such as VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.
- Questions about AWS resources in the AWS console.
- Upgrading older Java applications.
Related
Sources
- DocsWhat is Amazon Q Developer?, AWS Documentation · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsAmazon Q Developer, Amazon Web Services · read 29 Sept 2026
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