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Java on Visual Studio Code Update – March 2024

April 7, 2024 Apr 7, 2024 04/7/24
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to the March update for Visual Studio Code for Java! In this blog we are going to share several new Spring Boot features as well as testing coverage updates, so let's get started! Spring Boot Feature Updates New Refactoring Preview available for version upgrades The feature to automatically upgrade your projects to the ...

JDConf and Microsoft Reactor: A chance to win prizes

March 26, 2024 Mar 26, 2024 03/26/24
Bruno Borges
Have you ever thought about watching a free online event and potentially winning prizes? Microsoft JDConf happens this March 27th and 28th with 3 different editions, each one friendly to major timezones: Americas, Asia, and Europe/Middle East/Africa. If you haven't already, register free to watch the events at jdconf.com. To participate in ...

Java on Azure Tooling Update – February 2024

March 14, 2024 Mar 14, 2024 03/14/24
Jialuo Gan
Hi everyone, welcome to our February update of Java on Azure Tooling in 2024. In this update, we will introduce the support for hosting Function apps on Azure Container Apps. Additionally, we will talk about our improvements for Azure Container Registry in the Services View within IntelliJ IDEA. We hope you enjoy these updates and have a ...

Entering The One Billion Row Challenge With GitHub Copilot

March 7, 2024 Mar 7, 2024 03/7/24
Antonio Goncalves
Let's say you have a text file with one billion rows. Each row represents a measurement from various weather stations. You must write a Java program which reads the file, calculates the min, mean, and max temperature value per weather station, and displays the results sorted alphabetically by station. How fast do you think you could process ...

Jakarta EE on Azure – February 2024

March 5, 2024 Mar 5, 2024 03/5/24
Josephine Qiu
Hi everyone, welcome to the February 2024 update for Jakarta EE on Azure. Microsoft partners with Jakarta EE application server vendors to create Azure Marketplace offers – with Solution Templates and Base Images that allow customers to quickly deploy their software on Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Red Hat OpenShift...

Java SDK for Semantic Kernel 1.0.0-rc2 Released – Add AI capabilities to your Java app today!

March 5, 2024 Mar 5, 2024 03/5/24
Martijn Verburg
Hello Java developers! On the 19th of July 2023, we announced the first public alpha release of the Microsoft Semantic Kernel for Java. Today, we are thrilled to announce 1.0.0-rc2 as our first public Release Candidate of the Microsoft Semantic Kernel for Java! This Java library opens new developer possibilities by seamlessly integrating ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2024

March 4, 2024 Mar 4, 2024 03/4/24
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to the February update for Visual Studio Code for Java! In this blog we are going to share improvements for the project management experience as well as Maven multi-module support, so let's get started! More Convenient Ways to Create New Java Projects We have often heard from developers that they need more convenient ...

Speed up your Java Development on Windows with Dev Drive

February 26, 2024 Feb 26, 2024 02/26/24
Brian Benz
An overwhelming majority of Java developers work on Windows devices. Developers, IDE and cloud service providers are constantly looking for ways to enhance efficiency and reduce build times. Dev Drive is a tool specifically designed to optimize the development environment on Windows, including significant performance improvements for Java ...