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Java on AWS

Tools, docs, and sample code to develop applications on the AWS cloud

Tools

Download the tools needed to run Java applications on AWS

SDK for Java

Simpliﬁes use of AWS services by providing a set of libraries that are consistent and familiar for Java developers.

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AWS IDE Toolkits

Use popular Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) to author, debug, and deploy your code on AWS.

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AWS CDK for Java

Use the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for your Infrastructure as Code with Java.

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Amazon Corretto

No-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK.

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Build

Build and Deploy a Java Application

Get started with deploying a Java application. Choose from several launchable code samples that allow you to quickly deploy a Java application on Elastic Beanstalk.

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Spring on AWS

A two-part tutorial, demonstrating how easy it is to get started with Spring Boot and Amazon Web Services (AWS) using Spring Cloud for AWS.

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Build Java app with Lambda

Learn how to build AWS Lambda functions using the Java programming language. Includes step-by-step setup and examples for common use cases.

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Modernize

AWS Java Academy

The Java programming language has adapted to a changing technology landscape for more than 25 years. AWS Java Academy is a set of content that allows you to learn Java from scratch in a cloud native way or update your Java knowledge to develop modern applications using different cloud architectures including serverless. You will find step by step instructions to create Java applications on Quarkus, Spring, Micronaut using containers or serverless functions.

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Java on AWS Immersion Day

This full-day workshop provides Java developers the skills to build, deploy and manage cloud-native applications on AWS. Attendees will learn how to package and run Java apps in EC2, Docker containers, optimize them for the cloud, and deploy them on services like AWS App Runner, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS; it also covers migrating traditional Java apps to serverless architectures using AWS Lambda and cold start optimization techniques.

The workshop highlights modern development workflows including observability, CI/CD, and leveraging AWS Graviton processors for improved price-performance; throughout hands-on exercises, developers will gain practical experience with cloud-native Java development on AWS.

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Analyzing Java applications performance with async-profiler in Amazon EKS

ramadit, 04/23/2025

This blog was authored by Sascha Möllering, Principal Specialist Solutions Architect Containers and Yuriy Bezsonov, Senior Partner Solutions Architect. Introduction Container startup performance presents a significant challenge for Java applications running on Kubernetes, particularly during scaling events and recovery scenarios. Although Java remains a top choice for both legacy modernization and new microservices development, especially [...]
Announcing General Availability of GitLab Duo with Amazon Q

Ryan Bachman, 04/17/2025

Announcing General Availability of GitLab Duo with Amazon Q Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of GitLab Duo with Amazon Q. This new offering is an integrated product, bringing together GitLab’s DevSecOps platform with Amazon Q’s generative AI capabilities. Gitlab Duo with Amazon Q embeds Amazon Q agent capabilities directly in GitLab’s DevSecOps [...]
Accelerate large-scale modernization of .NET, mainframe, and VMware workloads using Amazon Q Developer

Krishna Parab, Elio Damaggio, 04/16/2025

Software runs the world – not just the new software applications built in modern languages and deployed on the most optimized cloud infrastructure, but also legacy software built over years and barely understood by the teams that inherit them. These legacy applications may have snowballed into monolithic blocks or may be fragmented across siloed on-premises [...]
Announcing inline chat in Eclipse with Amazon Q Developer

Brian Beach, 04/10/2025

Earlier today Amazon Q Developer launched inline chat in the Eclipse IDE (in preview). In this post, I’ll walk you through how I’ve been using this powerful new capability to streamline my Java development workflow, from refactoring existing code to optimizing performance-critical methods. Whether you’re a seasoned Eclipse veteran or just getting started, you’ll see [...]