Introducing Bob’s Used Books—a New, Real-World, .NET Sample Application

Today, I’m happy to announce that a new open-source sample application, a fictitious used books eCommerce store we call Bob’s Used Books, is available for .NET developers working with AWS. The .NET advocacy and development teams at AWS talk to customers regularly and, during those conversations, often receive requests for more in-depth samples. Customers tell us that, while small code snippets serve well to illustrate the mechanics of an API, their development teams also need and want to make use of fuller, more real-world samples to understand better how to construct modern applications for the cloud. Today’s sample application release is in response to those requests. Bob’s Used Books is a sample eCommerce application built using ASP.NET Core version 6…

Discover Building without Limits at AWS Developer Innovation Day

We hope you can join us on Wednesday, April 26, for a free-to-attend online event, AWS Developer Innovation Day. AWS will stream the event simultaneously across multiple platforms, including LinkedIn Live, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch. Developer Innovation Day is a brand-new event designed specifically for developers and development teams. In the event, sessions throughout the day will show how you can improve productivity and collaboration, provide a first look at new product updates, and go deep on AWS tools for development and delivery. Topics to be addressed include how you can speed up web and mobile application development and how you can build and deliver faster by taking advantage of modern infrastructure, DevOps, and generative AI-enabled tools. We’ll be starting…

Amazon CodeWhisperer, Free for Individual Use, is Now Generally Available

Today, Amazon CodeWhisperer, a real-time AI coding companion, is generally available and also includes a CodeWhisperer Individual tier that’s free to use for all developers. Originally launched in preview last year, CodeWhisperer keeps developers in the zone and productive, helping them write code quickly and securely and without needing to break their flow by leaving their IDE to research something. Faced with creating code for complex and ever-changing environments, developers can improve their productivity and simplify their work by making use of CodeWhisperer inside their favorite IDEs, including Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, and others. CodeWhisperer helps with creating code for routine or time-consuming, undifferentiated tasks, working with unfamiliar APIs or SDKs, making correct and effective use of AWS APIs,…

AWS Week in Review – January 30, 2023

This week’s review post comes to you from the road, having just wrapped up sponsorship of NDC London. While there we got to speak to many .NET developers, both new and experienced with AWS, and all eager to learn more. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our expo booth to chat or ask questions to the team! Last Week’s LaunchesMy team will be back on the road to our next events soon, but first, here are just some launches that caught my attention while I was at the expo booth last week: General availability of Porting Advisor for Graviton: AWS Graviton2 processors are custom designed, Arm64, processors, that deliver increased price performance over comparable x86-64 processors. They’re suitable for a…