Amazon CodeWhisperer introduces AI-assisted code correction, infrastructure as code support, and Visual Studio integration
November 27 2023
Amazon has announced the general availability of enhanced features for Amazon CodeWhisperer, including AI-powered code remediation and expanded infrastructure as code (IaC) support. Now integrated into Visual Studio in preview, CodeWhisperer facilitates more efficient software development by automating the resolution of security vulnerabilities with generative AI-driven code suggestions geared towards Java, Python, and JavaScript. With the ability to scan for issues in multiple languages such as TypeScript and C#, it simplifies the process of quickly and confidently fixing vulnerabilities. Moreover, the tool has extended its capabilities to support IaC for AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, and HashiCorp Terraform, improving IaC script development. Additionally, CodeWhisperer aids in ethical coding by identifying public code similarities and provides a new feature for translating natural language to shell code in command line interfaces. This roll-out aims to accelerate secure code delivery and increase developer productivity across their favored environments.
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What does it mean?
- Amazon CodeWhisperer: A machine learning and artificial intelligence service developed by Amazon that helps programmers write code by providing suggestions and recommendations.
- AI-powered code remediation: A process where artificial intelligence is used to identify and correct issues in computer code, typically related to security vulnerabilities.
- Infrastructure as code (IaC): A practice in software engineering where infrastructure components such as networks, virtual machines, and load balancers are managed and automated through code rather than manually configured.
- Visual Studio: An integrated development environment (IDE) made by Microsoft, used for developing computer programs, as well as websites, web apps, web services, and mobile apps.
- Generative AI-driven code suggestions: Recommendations made by artificial intelligence that can create or generate code snippets, often to automate certain tasks or resolve issues in software development.
- TypeScript: A programming language developed and maintained by Microsoft, which adds static typing to JavaScript, helping to detect errors during development.
- C#: A programming language developed by Microsoft, widely used for developing desktop applications, web services, and enterprise software.
- AWS CloudFormation: A service by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps users model and set up Amazon cloud resources by writing templates that specify the resources required.
- AWS CDK: The AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) allows users to define cloud infrastructure in code and provision it through AWS CloudFormation.
- HashiCorp Terraform: An open-source tool created by HashiCorp, used to define and provide data center infrastructure using a declarative configuration language.
- Public code similarities: Similarities in computer code that can exist between newly written code and code that is publicly available, raising issues related to copyright or security.
- Natural language to shell code translation: The process of converting human-readable instructions (natural language) into commands that can be executed by a shell, which is a command-line interface in computing.
- Command line interfaces: A text-based interface used to interact with a computer's operating system or software by typing commands into a console or terminal.