The latest update to Java on Visual Studio Code improves the debugging experience thanks to support for the newly released Java 19.

After explaining how VS Code uses two JDKs, boot (for running VS Code for Java) and project (for building projects), Yang listed other best practices including: Check the "java.home" VS Code setting ...

Planned Java-related improvements for VS Code range from smarter code completion and better debugging to deeper integration with Kubernetes and cloud services.

Microsoft also provides Java development tools for VS Code, including an Extension Pack for Java. It features a collection of extensions for writing, testing, and debugging Java applications.

Microsoft has rolled out a new Visual Studio Code Java update which brings a wealth of new features including improvements to Java testing ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code team has added initial support for the JUnit 5 testing framework, along with other Java functionality via extensions to the open source, cross-platform code editor.

Java static code analysis tools such as Checkstyle, FindBugs and others can parse your code to identify potential problems. Java developers should make code analysis a key part of the development ...

With Java running critical applications the world over, the nearly 25-year-old programming language must balance its community’s affection for its syntax with new trends.