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Simplifying Code Explanation, Optimization, Transformation, and Feature Development

In this chapter, we will look at the following key topics:

  • Explaining and updating code
  • Transforming code
  • Developing code features

In Part 2, we dived deep into how Amazon Q Developer can help developers be more efficient by assisting them in auto-generating code based on different prompting techniques. In this chapter, we will expand on some other key features of Amazon Q Developer.

First, we will explore how Q can provide developers with explanations of existing code, even without them having prior knowledge of the code they are trying to understand. Next, we will examine how Q can help transform an existing code base from a lower version of the programming ...

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