Amazon CodeWhisperer
- What it is
- An AI coding companion that generates real-time code suggestions — from a single line to whole functions — inside the IDE, driven by your comments and surrounding code.
- What it does beyond autocomplete
- Security scans of your code for vulnerabilities, with suggested fixes.
- Reference tracker — flags a suggestion resembling open-source training data and cites its licence, which is the compliance answer in exam questions.
- Where it runs
- VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, AWS Cloud9, AWS Lambda console, and the CLI. Supports Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, and more.
- Status
- Folded into Amazon Q Developer in 2024; the CodeWhisperer name is legacy, but still appears in older exam material.
- Exam signal
- “AI-generated code suggestions in the IDE”, “flags open-source references” → CodeWhisperer / Amazon Q Developer.