Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speakers:
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Ayush Srihari, Student Developer, UBC Cloud Innovation Centre
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Rajrupa Sanyal, Student Developer, UBC Cloud Innovation Centre
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Scott McMillan, Solutions Architect, UBC Cloud Innovation Centre
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Christian Castro, Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
IMPORTANT: This workshop requires a minimum of 15 participants to proceed. Laptop will be required with privileges to install software. Only coffee break is included with the workshop fee.
Session Overview:
Join us for a hands-on session exploring Kiro, an AI‑powered assistant that enhances software development and cloud operations. In this interactive workshop, you'll discover how Kiro can assist in your workflow, boost productivity, and simplify the process of building, deploying, and operating modern applications.
You’ll learn how to set up Kiro in your development environment and then put it to work through real-world scenarios ranging from coding tasks to cloud deployment and operational troubleshooting. By the end, you’ll understand how to effectively leverage AI assistance to accelerate technical tasks and improve overall delivery velocity.
Audience:
This workshop is designed for a broad technical audience including developers, architects, DevOps engineers, and technical managers who want to explore how AI can enhance their technical workflows. Participants with beginner to intermediate AWS experience (no deep AI/ML background required).
Workshop Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, you will understand the core capabilities and use cases of Kiro including assisting with code generation, debugging and explanation, explore integrations with IDEs and AWS services.
Apply Kiro to Real-World Scenarios Such As:
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Creating a basic web application with Kiro's assistance
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Enhance the application with more advanced prompting techniques
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Deploy the application to AWS using either CDK or Terraform (CloudFront and S3)
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Create architecture diagrams to visualize your infrastructure
Pre-installed Requirements: