The project view -- or "JAVA PROJECTS explorer" as the dev team calls it -- was introduced in August of last year as part of an effort to improve the "getting started" experience with Java on VS Code.

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.

It includes Language Support for Java by Red Hat, Debugger for Java, Test Runner for Java, Maven for Java, Project Manager for Java, and Visual Studio IntelliCode. Each of these is described below.

Microsoft's Java on VS Code dev team is responsible for the Extension Pack for Java on Visual Studio Code in the editor's marketplace, which sports 15.5 million installs. "Java 19 brings the first ...

Academics found that this code had been copied and embedded in more than 6,000 GitHub Java projects, more than any other StackOverflow Java snippet. Image: Baltes et al.

When developers use Maven in Java projects, task automation becomes easier, testing becomes integrated into the build process and the standardized project structure and development conventions make it ...

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.