Organizations often struggle with resolving their business issues in areas such as claims processing, inventory tracking, and project approvals. Custom business applications could provide a solution to address these problems and help an organization work more effectively, but historically have required a professional development team for creation and maintenance. However, often times the development capacity is not available or too expensive, causing companies to use inefficient tools and processes.
Today we are announcing a public preview of AWS App Studio, a service powered by generative AI that uses natural language to create enterprise-level applications in minutes, without the need for software development skills.
Here’s a quick overview of what App Studio can do. Once logged in, I select CREATE A NEW APPLICATION using the generative AI assistant. I describe that I need a project approval application. App Studio then generates an application for me, complete with a user interface, data models, and business logic. The entire application generation process is completed in minutes.
While writing this post, I found that App Studio is useful for various technical professionals. IT project managers, data engineers, and enterprise architects can use it to create and manage secure business applications in minutes rather than days. App Studio helps organizations create end-to-end custom applications and has two main user roles:
– Administrators: Members of this group can manage groups and roles, create and edit connectors, and maintain visibility of other applications created within their organization. Administrators can also create their own applications.
– Builders: Members of the developer group can create, develop, and share applications. If you are more interested in the application development process, you can jump to the section on using App Studio as a builder to create an application.
AWS App Studio integrates with AWS IAM Identity Center, making it easy to protect access while integrating existing single sign-on (SSO) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) integration.
Before being able to use App Studio to create my applications, I need to enable the service. Here’s how an administrator would configure an instance of App Studio:
– First, I need to go to the App Studio management console and choose GET STARTED.
– App Studio integrates with IAM Identity Center and will automatically detect if you have an existing organization instance in IAM Identity Center. If you don’t, App Studio will guide you in creating an account instance in IAM Identity Center.
– In the next section, I need to create users and groups and add them to App Studio. I need to define an administrator group and a developer group.
– The last part of the onboarding process is to review and check the Acknowledgement section, then select Set Up.
Once the onboarding process is complete, my App Studio instance is active and ready to use. At this point, I have a unique App Studio instance URL that I can access.
Overall, AWS App Studio offers a revolutionary way for organizations to create custom enterprise applications quickly and efficiently without the need for extensive software development skills. It provides a user-friendly interface and seamless integration with AWS services, simplifying the entire application creation process. With its generative AI capabilities, App Studio is set to change the way businesses approach application development.
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https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/build-custom-business-applications-without-cloud-expertise-using-aws-app-studio-preview/
