The new expanded capabilities for Q Developer include automating code reviews, unit tests, and generating documentation — all of which, according to Garman, will ease developers’ workloads and help them finish their development tasks faster.
AWS also unveiled several code translation capabilities for Q in preview, including the ability to modernize .Net apps from Windows to Linux, mainframe code modernization, and the ability to help migrate VMware workloads.
Garman pointed out that Q Developer can be used to investigate and fix operational issues. This capability, which is currently in preview, will guide an enterprise user through operational diagnostics and automate root cause analysis for problems in workloads.