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.

The Java Class File Disassembler ( javap ) is a useful tool for the Java developer that I have referenced in previous blog posts covering a variety of contexts such as detecting the innards of a ...

Using the VS Code Java Debugger (source: Microsoft). On the Reddit social programming site, reaction to the news was mixed. On the negative side, one developer said: "I've toyed with VSCode for my day ...

The monthly update to the tooling that boosts Java development in the open source, cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor highlights debugging, refactoring and more. Java tooling is provided through ...

Write once, debug/test everywhere is a variant on Java's write once, run anywhere claim, and it defines the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA). The JPDA is a client/server system built ...

Java developers using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) source-code editor will find new features for the Spring Framework, as well as improvements for build tools and debugging, in the latest ...