With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA.

The regular monthly update to Java tooling on Visual Studio Code is light on new features but does provide a peek into future plans, which include improving the fundamental inner loop experience, ...

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.

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 ...

Get a hands-on look at Java preview features, such as the JDK 13 text blocks, with this video tutorial that lays out how to run and compile to proper code in five easy steps.

If you own an Apple device, you can't run Java—at least not as Java, although there is a project to port Java code to Objective C but that's another story. If you own a Windows-based or Android ...

Java security vulnerabilities, which you read about almost every other week, can lead to data leaks and can cause unexpected behavior and system crashes. Using Java securely on Windows 11/10 ...