AWS Weekly Roundup: What’s App, AWS Lambda, Load Balancers, AWS Console, and more (Oct 14, 2024).

Last week, AWS hosted free half-day conferences in London and Paris. My colleagues and I demonstrated how developers can use generative AI tools to speed up their design, analysis, code writing, debugging, and deployment workflows. These events were held at the GenAI Lofts. These lofts are open until October 25 (London) and November 5 (Paris). They will be packed with events, conferences, workshops, and meetups. If you’re around, be sure to check the agenda (London, Paris). Our well-known AWS News blog co-author Veliswa did an amazing demo. She live-coded a Duolingo-like app from scratch, just using suggestions and reviews from Amazon Q Developer. Now, let’s turn to other exciting news in the AWS universe from last week. Last week’s launches Here…

Convert AWS console actions to reusable code with AWS Console-to-Code, now generally available

Today, we are announcing the general availability (GA) of AWS Console-to-Code that makes it easy to convert AWS console actions to reusable code. You can use AWS Console-to-Code to record your actions and workflows in the console, such as launching an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance, and review the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) commands for your console actions. With just a few clicks, Amazon Q can generate code for you using the infrastructure-as-code (IaC) format of your choice, including AWS CloudFormation template (YAML or JSON), and AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) (TypeScript, Python or Java). This can be used as a starting point for infrastructure automation and further customized for your production workloads, included in…

AWS Weekly Roundup: HIPAA eligible with Amazon Q Business, Amazon DCV, AWS re:Post Agent, and more (Oct 07, 2024)

Last Friday, I had the privilege of attending China Engineer’s Day 2024(CED 2024) in Hangzhou as the Amazon Web Services (AWS) speaker. The event was organized by the China Computer Federation (CCF), one of the most influential professional developer communities in China. At CED 2024, I spoke about how AI development tools can improve developer productivity. I was honored to receive a certificate of excellence from CCF, and Amazon Q garnered significant attention from the attendees. Now, let’s turn to other exciting news in the AWS universe from last week. Last week’s launches Here are some launches that got my attention: Amazon Q Business is now HIPAA eligible – Amazon Q business has received Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…

NICE DCV is now Amazon DCV with 2024.0 release

Today, NICE DCV has a new name. So long NICE DCV, welcome Amazon DCV. Today, with the 2024.0 release, along with enhancements and bug fixes, NICE DCV is rebranded to Amazon DCV. The new name is now also used to consistently refer to the DCV protocol powering AWS managed services such as Amazon AppStream 2.0 and Amazon WorkSpaces. What is Amazon DCV Amazon DCV is a high-performance remote display protocol. It lets you securely deliver remote desktops and application streaming from any cloud or data center to any device, over varying network conditions. By using Amazon DCV with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), you can run graphics-intensive applications remotely on EC2 instances. You can then stream the results to…