amazon-q-developer-jupyterlab-ext 3.2.0

Amazon Q Developer for JupyterLab

Amazon Q Developer for JupyterLab

Amazon Q Developer is an AI coding companion which provides developers with real-time code suggestions in JupyterLab. Individual developers can use Q Developer for free in JupyterLab and AWS SageMaker Studio.

Requirements

In order to use Q Developer in JupyterLab, you must have a version of JupyterLab >= 4 installed. You will also need a free AWS Builder ID account to access Q Developer. (You can set that up the first time you log in.)

In order to use Q Developer in SageMaker Studio, you must have set up a SageMaker Studio notebook instance, along with an execution role with the appropriate IAM Permissions.

Getting Started

Install JupyterLab on your computer or if you already have JupyterLab installed, check it’s version by running the following command.

pip show jupyterlab

Note the version in the response, and follow the use the corresponding directions in one of the following sections.

Installation Using Pip for Jupyter Lab version >= 4.0

You can install and enable the Q Developer extension for JupyterLab 4 with the following commands.

# JupyterLab 4
pip install amazon-q-developer-jupyterlab-ext

Once installed, choose Get Started from the Amazon Q panel at the bottom of the window. This will enable to you log in to AWS Builder ID to access Amazon Q Developer. Refer to Setting up Q Developer with JupyterLab for detailed setup instructions.

SageMaker Studio

To setup the Q Developer extension with a SageMaker Studio notebook instance, you must add IAM Permissions for codewhisperer:GenerateRecommendations for your user profile. Then you must install and enable the extension with the following commands.

conda activate studio
pip install amazon-q-developer-jupyterlab-ext~=1.0
jupyter server extension enable amazon_q_developer_jupyterlab_ext
conda deactivate
restart-jupyter-server

After you complete installation and refresh your browser, an Amazon Q panel will appear at the bottom of the window. Refer to Setting up Q Developer with SageMaker Studio for detailed setup instructions.

Features

Code Completion

Q Developer for JupyterLab provides AI powered suggestions as ghost text with the following default keybindings. These can be modified in the settings.

Action	Key Binding
Manually trigger Q Developer	Alt C (Window) / ⌥ C (Mac)
Accept a recommendation	Tab
Next recommendation	Right arrow
Previous recommendation	Left arrow
Reject a recommendation	ESC

Python is the only supported programming language for now. Users can start or pause suggestions by toggling the menu item in the Amazon Q panel that will appear at the bottom of the window.

Code References

With the reference log, you can view references to code recommendations. You can also update and edit code recommendations suggested by Q Developer.

To view Code References for accepted suggestions, choose Open Code Reference Log from the Amazon Q panel at the bottom of the window. Users can also turn off code suggestions with code references in Settings.

More Resources

• Amazon Q Developer User Guide
• Setting up Amazon Q Developer with JupyterLab
• Setting up Q Developer with Amazon SageMaker Studio

Change Log

3.2.0

• Add support for Glue code completions in MD environments when using Glue-related kernel.

3.1.0

• Fix ArrowDown, ArrowUp not working in JupyterLab 4.2
• Fix dispatch not triggering re-render in JupyterLab 4.2
• Add support for SSO mode

3.0.0

• Rename legacy Amazon CodeWhisperer for JupyterLab to Amazon Q Developer for JupyterLab