Want to influence or contribute to the new AWS Toolkit for JetBrains? Check out the new GitHub repository at amzn.to/2SblCtr. Please contribute your feedback, feature requests and code!

We’re happy to announce the general availability of the AWS SDK for Java v2, featuring first class nonblocking IO support, and a pluggable HTTP layer! amzn.to/2A8Tkrm

Hello AWS Java SDK community! We are conducting a survey on your experience with Spring on AWS. It will take less than 5 minutes to answer just a few questions. We look forward to hearing from you! Click the link to take the survey go.aws/2Ta3p4F

Did you know that AWS SDK for Java 2.x now has out-of-the-box support for GraalVM Native Image compilation? Check out our post to see how to bootstrap a native-image compatible Java application configured with the AWS SDK for Java 2.x as a dependency: go.aws/3wBtwje

Have you tried our Waiters feature that was introduced in the AWS SDK for Java 2.x last year? Check out this blog post to get you started. go.aws/3hYAdaY

Learn how to optimize cold start performance of the AWS SDK for Java 2.x on AWS Lambda with this blog post. go.aws/3fzYkvn

Learn how to bootstrap a Java Lambda application with AWS SDK for Java 2.x using Maven go.aws/3cfUdSO

Tell us in replies below about your experience of migrating applications from AWS SDK for Java version 1 to version 2.

Best practice tip: reuse a single instance of the SDK client instead of creating a new one for each request. When done, remember to explicitly close it to avoid high memory issues. go.aws/3pFnCLN

Check out this list of events that we do at AWS. We're sure you would be interested in some of these. #aws go.aws/3pCiEPP

Have you tried the Client-Side Metrics module in AWS SDK for Java 2.x? Enable it to collect and publish key performance metrics and let us know what you think! go.aws/35drp9y

What topics would you like to see added to the AWS SDK for Java 2.x developer guide? Tell us in replies below. go.aws/3cLK9BA

Do you know how the credential chain works in AWS SDK for Java 2.x? Check out our dev guide: go.aws/3hcShfC

We are conducting a survey to learn about your level of satisfaction with AWS SDK for Java and its learning resources. Please help us improve the SDK by taking a few minutes to answer the survey questions. go.aws/3jTwsow

Learn how to create your first AWS web application using Spring Boot, Amazon DynamoDB, and the AWS SDK for Java 2.x: go.aws/3xvOGAf

You can now use the Amazon S3 Transfer Manager (Developer Preview) in the AWS SDK for Java 2.x for accelerated file transfers. Give it a try and let us know what you think! go.aws/3kmLxxb

#dotnet peeps: the agenda is live for the next week’s 1-day virtual Amazon Web Services .NET Developer Day mini-conference! There's a lot of love for #dotnet on #AWS & via VS & Visual Studio Code extensions, so this will be interesting. Details & registration at developerweek.com/global/confere…. .NET on AWS

🔢 4 reasons to join Build On Live, Data & Analytics on July 7. 🧵[1/4] Insightful sessions on numerous topics like the world of Data & Analytics, open source solutions, ETL modernization & migration, serverless Spark jobs with Airflow, & NoSQL databases. go.aws/3bdsl42

Come check out Kyle Thomson 's tour of the AWS SDK for Java 2.0 at AWS re:Invent next week!

Announcing support for debugging Lambda functions locally with SAM Local and the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse – amzn.to/2BvqSAv