Java SE 13 introduced text blocks as a preview feature, aimed at reducing the pain of declaring and using multi-line string literals in Java. It was subsequently refined in a second preview, with ...

Java text blocks allow developers to write Java Strings that span multiple lines of code. JDK 13 text blocks are delineated by three consecutive double quotes. A simple example of an executable Java ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code dev teams for Java and Python announced Gradle enhancements for the former and improved Python discovery for the latter. The company updates its associated extensions on ...

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.

The AI-powered code-completion tool, unveiled years ago as an "AI pair programmer," can now rewrite your Java code in Microsoft's open-source-based, cross-platform code editor, thanks to an update of ...