New visual development environment for creating
rich user interfaces extends AWS Amplify to make it easier for
developers to create fully customizable web applications with
minimal coding
Rivian, QsrSoft, and Xerris among customers and
partners using AWS Amplify Studio
Today, at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an
Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced AWS Amplify
Studio, a new visual development environment that allows developers
to create web application user interfaces (UIs) with minimal
coding, while still empowering them to fully customize their
applications’ design and behavior using familiar programming
languages (e.g. JavaScript and TypeScript). Today, customers like
Neiman Marcus, Orangetheory Fitness, and Credit Genie use AWS
Amplify to more easily build and deploy the AWS services (e.g.
database, compute, storage, etc.) that power their web and mobile
applications. AWS Amplify Studio extends the benefits of AWS
Amplify to provide a unified point-and-click interface for creating
application UIs and provisioning the AWS services that power the
application, so customers have an end-to-end tool for building web
applications on AWS in days instead of weeks. With AWS Amplify
Studio, developers can now create a UI using a library of prebuilt
components (e.g. buttons, newsfeeds, user registration forms,
etc.), collaborate with user experience (UX) designers, and connect
their UI to AWS services through a visual interface without writing
any code. After a developer finalizes their UI using AWS Amplify
Studio, the UI is converted into JavaScript or TypeScript code,
which saves developers from writing thousands of lines of code and
allows them to fully customize parts of their web application
design and behavior. There are no upfront fees or commitments to
use AWS Amplify Studio, and customers only pay for the AWS services
used to run the application’s backend. To learn more about AWS
Amplify Studio, visit aws.amazon.com/amplify/studio.
Most web applications that run in the cloud are broadly
comprised of three parts—the UI that is familiar to users, business
logic that defines how the web application works, and the backend
cloud services that power a range of essential functions (e.g. user
authentication, databases, object storage, etc.). Today, developers
typically choose one of two paths for building a modern web
application. They can write the application code themselves, which
gives them precise control over the web application’s design and
behavior but can require months of time and effort to build,
including provisioning the backend services, writing the business
logic, and collaborating with UX designers on the UI.
Alternatively, developers can use a low-code tool to quickly build
an application, but these tools are less customizable and
extensible, because developers cannot write their own custom
application code or must use proprietary frameworks and programming
languages that are more restrictive than common programming
languages like JavaScript and TypeScript. What developers want
instead is a solution that combines the precision of writing the
code themselves with the speed of a low-code tool, so they can
deliver innovative, new capabilities to their customers faster.
AWS Amplify Studio allows developers to quickly build a web
application on AWS with minimal coding, while still empowering them
to fully customize their application’s design and behavior using
familiar programming languages. To get started, developers use AWS
Amplify Studio’s simple point-and-click visual interface to create
their backend, and AWS Amplify automatically provisions the AWS
services (e.g. Amazon Cognito for authentication, Amazon DynamoDB
for a database, Amazon S3 for storage, etc.). Once those services
are provisioned, developers use AWS Amplify Studio to create their
web application UI. With AWS Amplify Studio, developers can build
their UI using a library of prebuilt UI components, incorporate
data or capabilities from AWS services into their UI, and
collaborate with UX designers through an integration with Figma (a
popular tool used to design and prototype UIs)—all without writing
any code. Once the UI is complete, AWS Amplify Studio automatically
translates it into either JavaScript or TypeScript code, so
developers have the flexibility to completely customize their
application’s design or behavior to deliver the best end-user
experience. By using AWS Amplify Studio to create a complete UI,
developers avoid writing thousands of lines of code while still
retaining the option to fully customize the application’s design
and behavior using familiar programming languages.
“Developers love using AWS Amplify because it makes it easier to
build a scalable web application backend powered by AWS, and they
often tell us that they wish that we could extend that same fast,
flexible development experience to the UI creation process,” said
Kurt Kufeld, VP of AWS Platform at AWS. “AWS Amplify Studio is a
game changer for developers because it allows them to rapidly
iterate on their UI using prebuilt components and then fully
customize the UI with familiar programming languages to meet their
exact needs. From setting up a robust backend powered by AWS to
creating a dynamic UI, AWS Amplify now provides an intuitive,
end-to-end workflow to build web applications in days instead of
weeks, so developers can deliver new innovations to end users
faster.”
AWS Amplify Studio is available in preview today in US East
(Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), US West
(Oregon), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific
(Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada
(Central), EU (Frankfurt), EU (Ireland), EU (London), EU (Paris),
EU (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), and South America (São
Paulo), with availability in additional AWS Regions coming
soon.
Rivian is an electric vehicle maker and automotive technology
company focused on sustainable transportation. “We chose to build
our supply chain management application with AWS Amplify because it
eliminates the complexities of DevOps in the cloud, allows us to
reduce our deployment cycle from every two weeks to every two days,
and more easily adopt new technologies like serverless,” said
Arunkumar Chandran, Staff Software Engineer at Rivian. “We are
excited about the launch of AWS Amplify Studio because it extends
the benefits of AWS Amplify to our frontend development process.
With AWS Amplify Studio, our developers will be able to save time
and quickly iterate on their UI using a simple visual interface,
while still having the option to dive into the code to fully
customize the experience for end users.”
QsrSoft is a software-as-a-service company that develops
solutions for clients in the restaurant, hospitality, and retail
industries to help them achieve operational excellence. “We used
AWS Amplify to develop QsrSoft TV, a new digital huddle board to
help our customers improve employee engagement through
gamification, real-time communication, and employee recognition
programs, because it allowed us to create our application quickly,
get to market faster, and take advantage of the performance and
scalability of a fully serverless application stack,” said Adam
Pehas, Director of Development at QsrSoft. “By using AWS Amplify
Studio’s pre-built library of components and intuitive visual
interface, we will be able to accelerate our development timelines,
add additional value, and deliver new capabilities to our
customers. AWS Amplify Studio will help us boost awareness,
motivate our customers’ employees, and achieve operational
excellence.”
Xerris is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner that specializes in
providing technology-focused solutions for media and entertainment,
energy, public sector, and retail companies. “Our development teams
use AWS Amplify to create innovative applications for clients
because it allows them to quickly build and ship web and mobile
applications, rapidly iterate, and get them to market using
scalable cloud services while providing extensibility so customers
can take advantage of the breadth and depth of AWS as their needs
evolve,” said Jonathan McCracken, CTO at Xerris. “We look forward
to using AWS Amplify Studio because it makes it even easier for our
development and UX design teams to seamlessly collaborate and
rapidly iterate on applications to meet our clients’ needs. AWS
Amplify Studio will save our developers time while providing the
flexibility and control our developers want to fully optimize the
end-user experience.”
About Amazon Web Services
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continually expanding its services to support virtually any cloud
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(IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR
and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and
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regions, with announced plans for 27 more Availability Zones and
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Emirates. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing
startups, largest enterprises, and leading government
agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more
agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit
aws.amazon.com.
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