Amazon CodeWhisperer

Amazon CodeWhisperer is an AI-powered service that enhances developer productivity by generating code recommendations based on their comments in natural language and code in the integrated development environment (IDE).

• AI-Powered: CodeWhisperer uses machine learning to generate code suggestions in real time.
• Real-Time Code Suggestions: It provides code suggestions ranging from snippets to full functions in real time in the IDE based on your comments and existing code.
• Support for Popular Programming Languages and IDEs: CodeWhisperer supports multiple programming languages, including Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, Go, Rust, PHP, Ruby, Kotlin, C, C++, Shell scripting, SQL, Scala, JSON, YAML, and HCL.
• Command Line Support: It also supports CLI completions and natural-language-to-bash translation in the command line.
• Optimized for AWS Services: CodeWhisperer makes it more efficient for developers to use AWS services by providing code suggestions that are optimized for AWS APIs.
• Built-In Security Scans: CodeWhisperer identifies hard-to-find security vulnerabilities with built-in security scans.

Amazon CodeWhisperer offers a range of features:

• Real-Time Code Suggestions: Generates code suggestions in real time in the IDE based on your comments and existing code.
• Support for Popular Programming Languages and IDEs: Supports multiple programming languages and IDEs.
• Command Line Support: Supports CLI completions and natural-language-to-bash translation in the command line.
• Optimized for AWS Services: Provides code suggestions that are optimized for AWS APIs.
• Built-In Security Scans: Identifies hard-to-find security vulnerabilities with built-in security scans.
• AI-Powered Code Remediation: Provides generative AI-powered code suggestions to remediate the identified vulnerabilities.

Amazon CodeWhisperer can be used for the following purposes:

• Writing Boilerplate Code: Helps in writing routine or time-consuming, undifferentiated tasks.
• Learning and Using Unfamiliar Programming Languages: Assists in learning new programming languages.
• Detecting and Remediating Security Vulnerabilities: Identifies potential security vulnerabilities and provides suggestions to remediate them.
• Onboarding New Developers: Assists in the onboarding process of new developers.
• Accelerating Development with Unfamiliar APIs: Helps in understanding and using unfamiliar APIs.
• Enhancing Code Quality and Security in Real-Time: Improves code quality and security in real-time.

Amazon CodeWhisperer operates on a subscription pricing model. It offers two main subscription plans:

• Individual Tier (Free): Offers code suggestions, reference tracking, security scans, and includes Amazon Q conversational coding.
• Professional Tier ($19/user/month): In addition to the capabilities offered in the Individual Tier, the Professional Tier offers administrative capabilities to organizations that want to provide their developers with access to CodeWhisperer.

Here are some alternative AI tools to Amazon CodeWhisperer:

1. GitHub Copilot
2. Codeium
3. TabNine
4. CodeGeeX
5. Cursor
6. Sourcery
7. IntelliCode.