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.

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

Visual Studio Code Java Pack Installer (source: David Ramel). It also helpfully checks for VS Code itself -- very important -- and essential Java extensions, even offering to download and install the ...

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 our September release we have enabled the support for virtual threads in our Java debugger. Note that you will need to install JDK 19 to use this feature." Debugging in Java on VS Code is further ...