Accelerate application modernization using generative AI | AWS Developer Day 2025
summary
Demo ports a .NET Framework 4.8 MVC app (Bob’s Bookstore) to .NET 8 using Amazon Q Developer in Visual Studio, running analysis and transformation in a secure cloud sandbox that can take up to 12 hours and lets Visual Studio close while it runs. Q produces a transformation plan, code-group diffs (it adds Program.cs and changes System.Web APIs), a Linux Readiness report listing libraries that need manual replacement, and an option to apply all changes locally; result is mostly automated but requires developer review and fixes.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:59Legacy .NET modernization challenge
- 3:43Demo of .NET transformation in Visual Studio
- 9:24Transformation process and interruptions
- 10:27Reviewing transformation results
- 13:18Common migration challenges
- 15:05Post-transformation workflows
- 16:29Amazon Q vs other migration tools
- 17:34Linux readiness report
- 18:20How to get started
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