Amazon Q Developer in editors
Amazon Q Developer runs in JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse, and the command line (CLI). By the way, the Q CLI has been rebranded as Kiro CLI with a version bump to 1.20; one change from the Q CLI / Kiro CLI I’ve been testing is the addition of an “auto” model option.
Amazon Q Developer generates real-time code suggestions ranging from snippets to full functions based on your comments and existing code. It also supports inline chat directly in the code editor, and CLI completions and natural language to Bash translation in the command line. Q Developer can write unit tests, optimize code, and scan for vulnerabilities. If you enable agentic coding, Q Developer can perform tasks on your behalf by reading and writing files, generating code diffs, and running shell commands, while incorporating your feedback and providing real-time updates along the way.
You can use chat and inline chat for any programming language. Inline code suggestions work best with C, C++, C#, Dart, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Lua, PHP, PowerShell, Python, R, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Shell, SQL, Swift, SystemVerilog, TypeScript, CDK (TypeScript, Python), HCL (Terraform), JSON, and YAML. The chat works in at least 13 natural languages and automatically responds in the language you use for your query. This is a major improvement over last year’s language capabilities.
