There has been major disruption in technology and software engineering segment for last several years. Different tech giants are trying to come up with different solutions to make the life easier. We are seeing lots of low code/no code platform like Amazon Honeycode, Google AppSheet, Assembla, Appfarm etc. now which can be leveraged with very minimum/no coding expertise in building different business solution. Potentially we might see dynamic shift in coming days.
We all know about Github Copilot which works as AI-coding assistant. Many developers have already adopted this for their development process. Now AWS came up with Amazon CodeWhisperer to provide the similar or better kind of service.
For instance, if you want to write a code in python and comment “Function to upload a code in S3 bucket”, CodeWhisperer will assist with the required code like below:
According to Amazon, this will not only assist with the coding assistance but also consider the followings as well:
- It will keep your coding style into consideration:
CodeWhisperer automatically analyses the comment, determines which cloud services and public libraries are best suited for the specified task, and recommends a code snippet directly in the source code editor. The recommendations are synthesized based on your coding style and variable names and are not simply snippets - Security is considered:
CodeWhisperer keeps security as a priority, too, claims Amazon. It provides security scans for Java and Python to help developers detect vulnerabilities in their projects and build applications responsibly. It also includes a reference tracker that detects whether a code recommendation might be similar to particular training data. Developers can then easily find and review the code example and decide whether to use the code in their project.
More details can be found at https://aws.amazon.com/codewhisperer/
If anyone wants to preview Amazon Whisperer, need to signup at https://pages.awscloud.com/codewhisperer-sign-up-form.html
We might see that there is minimum/no entry barrier to become a development engineer for many cases in coming days.
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