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 ...

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 ...

VS Code comes bundled with other Java support wrapped in the Extension Pack for Java, which is still in preview with an estimated 9.8 million installs. "Over the past few years, Microsoft have been ...

Looking to bolster the appeal of Visual Studio Code to Java developers, Microsoft has published a roadmap for bringing new Java-related capabilities to the code editor. Among the goals is making ...