AWS Amplify launches next generation of backend building capabilities

Today, AWS Amplify announces a public preview of its code-first developer experience (Gen 2), enabling developers to build full-stack apps using TypeScript. Gen 2 shifts to a code-first approach that allows developers to express app requirements - data model, business logic, authorization rules - in TypeScript. The necessary cloud infrastructure is automatically deployed based on the app code, without explicit infrastructure definitions. The Gen 2 experience streamlines full-stack development for organizations of all sizes with new capabilities: * Typescript-based @aws-amplify/backend libraries for auth and data with an intuitive file-based convention to help organize your backend code predictably, improving maintainability. * Generative AI integration with Amazon CodeWhisperer to configure backend features using natural language. * Per-developer cloud sandboxes for testing local edits. Preview changes on every save. * Streamlined production and staging deployments with zero-setup fullstack CI/CD. * New Amplify console with unified experience for hosting, secrets, data, user management. * Flexible deployment options - use custom pipelines, monorepos, or multiple repos. * AWS CDK developers can directly use underlying Auth and Data CDK constructs within their CDK project. For more information about the AWS Regions where AWS Amplify’s code-first DX (Gen 2) is available, see the AWS Region [table](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services/). Get started with Gen 2 by visiting the [launch blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mobile/introducing-amplify-gen2/).