"One of the other hurdle for new Java developer is to get the JDK right," said Xiaokai He, senior program manager for Java on Visual Studio Code and Azure, in a Sept. 16 blog post. "For that, we've ...

VS Code combines impressive Java support with first-class support for JavaScript and other stacks, making a compelling alternative to traditional IDEs. Let’s try it with Spring and Svelte.

Overall, Visual Studio Code is very good as a Java IDE if you install the Extension Pack for Java. It’s merely OK as a Java editor without the extension pack, as becomes obvious when you run ...

It will soon be possible to write and edit Java code entirely from within the Visual Studio IDE, thanks to an upgrade of JNBridge's namesake general purpose Java/.NET interoperability tool. The ...

Microsoft's Java in Visual Studio Code site says the tooling for the ever-popular programming language: Is fast and lightweight, free, and open-source Supports multiple, or all the programming ...

The Java extensions within VSC are among the first to adopt the new Testing API from Visual Studio Code, with Microsoft making significant improvements to the Java testing experience with the ...

Microsoft is a major user of Java in Azure, SQL Server, Yammer, Minecraft, and LinkedIn, but it's only been supporting Java in Visual Studio Code tooling for the past five years.