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.

The April 2021 update to Java on Visual Studio Code mainly improves debugging and testing. In VS Code, Java tooling is provided via various extensions that are bundled in the Java Extension Pack ...

To be certified as Java-compliant, software most undergo a test suite. “They really like the fact that we’re very compulsive about the whole testing thing,” Gosling said.

The Test Runner for Java, one of the individual extensions in the Java Extension Pack, now includes support for the postDebugTask attribute. This new feature allows developers to launch a task at the ...