Microsoft introduced a new installer to make it easier to code with the No. 1 programming language, Java, in the No. 1 development environment, Visual Studio Code.

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.

Overall, Visual Studio Code is very good as a Java IDE if you install the Extension Pack for Java. It’s merely OK as a Java editor without the extension pack, as becomes obvious when you run ...

This article is a step by step guide on how to download & install Visual Studio Code, along with details about its different channels.

Debugging in Java on VS Code is further improved with new functionality that provides a visual indicator for inline breakpoints in a line of code. "Now when you set a breakpoint on this line, Visual ...

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 ...

If you want to code using Visual Studio Code but you're using a Chromebook, it's not a problem at all.

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 ...