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 ...

Visual MainWin is a plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio that operates seamlessly within that development environment (I used it with Visual Studio 2003). When you build, it creates the MSIL, and then ...

JNBridge is soliciting developers to try out its upcoming Java.VS extension, which enables Java programming within Microsoft's flagship IDE. The Java/.NET bridging specialist said the new extension -- ...

Microsoft has released another update of its Java on Visual Studio Code, the package of extensions used by Redmond's lightweight source code editor to support Java coding, testing and debugging. The ...

However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor has gained steam as a lightweight alternative for Java development. Already prevalent in the JavaScript and TypeScript communities, VS ...

VS Code combines impressive Java support with first-class support for JavaScript and other stacks, making a compelling alternative to traditional IDEs. Let’s try it with Spring and Svelte.

That very small base is being covered because Microsoft can't stand to lose one more developer to Java--especially when the launch of Visual Studio.Net provides an opportunity for more hemorrhaging.

Thus, MainWin turns Visual Studio .Net into a “develop, debug, and deploy” IDE for J2EE apps, with the peculiar twist that those apps can be written in Visual Basic (VB) .Net or C#.

When Microsoft delivers an alpha version of its Visual Studio.Net tool suite to attendees of its Professional Developers Conference here Wednesday, one language will be sorely missing: Java.

Microsoft today announced it has submitted a new Java-like software programming language to an industry standards group, hoping to succeed where rival and Java creator Sun Microsystems has failed.