Oracle's Android appeal argues that 37 lines of Java API code should claim the same copyright protections as a creative work. But that's not how the law -- or the tech industry -- works.

“Java 14 removes so much noise in code,” Subramaniam says, pointing to Records, Pattern Matching, and Switch Expressions. (Switch Expressions was first previewed in JDK 12).

Among the goals is making it easier to migrate to VS Code from other Java IDEs. There are now more than 1.5 million Java developers using the code editor, Microsoft said.