However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor has gained steam ... VS Code will be fully capable to validate source code, create Maven projects, run tests and execute Java classes ...

Looking to bolster the appeal of Visual Studio Code to Java developers ... bringing up the command palette (Ctrl+Shift-P) and run the “Java: Open Formatter Settings with Preview” command ...

"In our previous blog, we mentioned supporting delegating test to Gradle for 'Run Test' scenario in our extension, which allows you to execute tests in Visual Studio Code Java via the Gradle test ...