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

The latest update to Java on Visual Studio Code improves the debugging experience thanks to support for the newly released Java 19. Java 19 shipped a month ago with a preview of Virtual Threads and ...

The regular monthly update to Java on Visual Studio Code sees multiple improvements to Spring functionality along with a couple community contributions that enhance debugging.

"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 ...

Planned Java-related improvements for VS Code range from smarter code completion and better debugging to deeper integration with Kubernetes and cloud services.