Visual Studio Code has a long list of Java extensions, not all of which are compatible with each other. The easiest way to get started is to install the Coding Pack for Java on Windows or macOS.

This Visual Studio Code for Java tutorial shows you how to install the Java extensions pack for VS Code, create a Java project and run a simple program.

To build along with this tutorial, you will need to have Java and Maven installed. You will also need the latest Visual Studio Code distribution for your system, if you don’t already have it.

In order to use this feature, you would now need to change the console to use the Internal Console in launch.json." Test Runner: "More JUnit 5 annotations are now supported by VS Code Java Test Runner ...

In the regular monthly (June 2022) update to Java on Visual Studio Code, the dev team announced enhanced Spring Boot functionality as part of a major "Spring Boot End-to-end Improvement" push ...

The Visual Studio Code team continues to add Java functionality to Microsoft's open source, cross-platform code editor via extensions, just launching a new batch for working with Maven, Tomcat and ...

[Click on image for larger view.] Reliable Web App Pattern for Java Architecture (source: Microsoft). Java on Visual Studio Code Microsoft also last week detailed its usual monthly update to Java on ...

Developers, coders and hobbyists that use the excellent Visual Studio Code application to code may be interested to know that Microsoft has rolled out a new Visual Studio Code Java update. The ...

Visual Studio Code is a general-purpose editor designed to utilize extensions from Microsoft's huge and growing Visual Studio extension marketplace. Visual Studio Code is a popular tool among ...