That has changed somewhat. Among other innovations, Visual Studio Code now has good support for editing, running, and debugging Java code through a set of Java-specific extensions.

Static code analysis tools like Checkstyle and SonarQube. If you've ever wanted to experiment with a new IDE, it's worth dedicating a bit of time to download and install Visual Studio Code for Java.

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.

Developers using Java tooling with Visual Studio Code now have a better "Getting Started" experience thanks to new functionality in the September Java extensions update. Microsoft is continuing ...

News Microsoft Visual Studio Code for Java Now Supports Virtual Threads By David Ramel November 1, 2022 The October update of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for Java has arrived with lots of ...

There are also Visual Studio Code extensions available for Tomcat, Jetty, Docker and Kubernetes. Xiaokai He, senior program manager for Java on Visual Studio Code and Azure at Microsoft, announced the ...