Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific "smarts" in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor. The new ...

Among the goals is making it easier to migrate to VS Code from other Java IDEs. There are now more than 1.5 million Java developers using the code editor, Microsoft said.

VS Code comes bundled with other Java support wrapped in the Extension Pack for Java, which is still in preview with an estimated 9.8 million installs. "Over the past few years, Microsoft have been ...

Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), the GNU Compiler for Java (GCJ), the Eclipse Compiler for Java (ECJ), and Jikes. Programmers typically write language statements ...