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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft's June update to its Java tooling in Visual Studio Code focuses on enhancing code completion performance, improving user experience in unit testing and project creation, and introducing new ...

An academic paper [PDF] published in 2018 identified a code snippet Lundblad posted on the site as the most copied Java code taken from StackOverflow and then re-used in open source projects.

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Code hosting service GitHub has updated its platform this week, and among the many developer-centric changes, the company also rolled out three new security features for project owners. The most ...

First revealed in August, Project Sumatra uses the features and libraries of Java 8’s Lambda Project as well as Oracle’s HotSpot for the Java Virtual Machine.