From Diagram to Code with Amazon Q Developer

This repo is a list of tutorials related to this blog post:

https://dev.to/welcloud-io/from-diagram-to-code-with-amazon-q-developer-2da4

You can also find some live demos in these videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6cYFDoX1Es&list=PL7uUliWSzuvF0GS9jpaFGQxLKGC0CC2vq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuAlzUVqi7I&t=4293s

This demonstrates how you can generate diagrams from an application code, but also how to generate code from diagrams using Amazon Q Developer in the Visual Studio Code IDE.

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Tutorial Index

1. Generate Mermaid Diagram from Code

   • 1.1 Generate Mermaid - Architecture Diagram - from Code - Feedback App
   • 1.2 Generate Mermaid - Sequence Diagram - from Code - Feedback App
   • 1.3 Generate Mermaid - Class Diagram - from Code - Feedback App

2. Generate Drawio Diagram from Code

   • 2.1 Generate Drawio - Architecture Diagram - from Code - Feedback App

3. Generate Code from Mermaid Diagram

   • 3.1 Generate Code from Mermaid Diagram - Feedback App

4. Generate Code from Drawio Diagram

   • 4.1 Generate Code from Drawio Diagram - Feedback App
   • 4.2 Generate Code from Drawio Diagram - S3 Notification
   • 4.3 Generate Code from Drawio Diagram - Step Functions
   • 4.4 Generate Code from Drawio Diagram - Deployment Pipeline
   • 4.5 Generate Code from Drawio Diagram - API Gateway

5. Generate Code from Hand-Drawn Diagram

   • 5.1 Generate Code from HandDrawn Diagram - Lambda App
   • 5.2 Generate Code from HandDrawn Diagram - ECS App
   • 5.3 Generate Code from HandDrawn Diagram - GUI

6. Transform Drawio Diagram

   • 6.1 Split Drawio Diagram into CDK Constructs
   • 6.2 Generate C4 Model from AWS Layered Architecture

7. Understand MCP

   • 7.1 Create Simplest MCP
   • 7.2 Generate Python Diagrams - Arhitecture Diagram - from Code - Feedback App

8. Understand AI Agents with Strands

   • 8.1 Generate Strands AI agent from Diagram

Prerequisites

I assume that you are using a Linux Ubuntu 22-04 distribution, but instructions below can be adapted to your environment.

1) Install & start VS Code (If not done yet in your environment)

The official procedures to install & start VS Code is there:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_debian-and-ubuntu-based-distributions

N.B.: These simple commands below work for me to intsall & start VS Code on Linux Ubuntu 22-04:

$> sudo snap install --classic code
$> code

2) Clone the repo & go to the tutorial folder

Open a terminal in VS Code and execute the following commands

$> git clone https://github.com/welcloud-io/wio-from-diagram-to-code-with-amazon-q-developer.git
$> cd wio-from-diagram-to-code-with-amazon-q-developer/

3) Configure VS Code (Manually or Automatically)

3.1) Configure VS Code Manually (Option 1)

N.B. You can attempt to configure VS Code automatically if it's a fresh installation (see Option 2)

Install Amazon Q Developer extension & Enable @workspace

Q Developer plugin installation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/q-in-IDE-setup.html#setup-vscode

Q Developer setting options to tick: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/workspace-context.html

Then connect to Amazon Q with your builder ID

Install Mermaid extension

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.markdown-mermaid

Install Draw.io Integration extension

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hediet.vscode-drawio

Then:

• Go to 'File > Preferences > Settings'
• Search for 'editorasso' setting
• Add the following association item: *.drawio.xml => hediet.vscode-drawio-text)

3.2) Configure VS Code Automatically (Option 2)

Be aware that this may not work if your environment has some settings already

$> ./setup/vs-code.sh

Once done, connect to Amazon Q Developer using your Builder ID (folow the procedure in VS Code)

4) Install CDK (only if you want to deploy the generated code)

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
. ~/.bashrc 
nvm install --lts
npm install -g aws-cdk

5) Install Q CLI & MCP utils

Amazon Q Developer CLI (Command Line Interface) and MCP utils are used for some tutorials, but not for all.

Install MCP Utils

To test MCP servers tutorials you should install uv & fastmcp. You can use python pip or this script.

$> ./setup/mcp-utils.sh

Install Q CLI

To install Q CLI, you either follow this link:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/command-line-installing.html

OR you can attempt using this script in you terminal (n.b. it's only been tested on Linux Ubuntu 22-04):

$> ./setup/q-cli.sh

Start tutorials

1. Start Tutorial Window

The command below will open a new VS Code window. That means you will have a blank playground where you will import a tutorial starting point.

# From wio-from-diagram-to-code-with-amazon-q-developer/
$> ./start-vscode-tutorial-window.sh

2. Follow tutorial instructions in the tutorial page

=> TUTORIAL PAGE