Getting Started

Table of contents

1. Key features
2. Hands-on

Learn the fundamentals of using Amazon Q effectively.

Key features

Amazon Q has the following key features:

1. Natural language understanding. This means you can:
   • Ask questions in plain English
   • Get contextual responses
   • Follow up with questions to refine responses
2. Code Assistance. This includes:
   • Code review and optimization
   • Bug detection including explanation
   • Best practice recommendations
3. Infrastructure Management. For:
   • Architecture review
   • Service selection guidance
   • Configuration assistance
4. Security & Compliance. Supports:
   • Security assessment
   • Compliance checking
   • Best practice validation

Hands-on

Before you start using Amazon Q, make sure you understand the pricing, first. There is a free tier, however, you want to make sure your use case fits.

1. Amazon Q Business
   • Get started via AWS console
   • TBD
2. Amazon Q Developer
   • Download for Visual Studio Code, command line, etc.
   • TBD