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August 2023 - Microsoft for Java Developers

Java on Visual Studio Code – August 2023

August 29, 2023 Aug 29, 2023 08/29/23
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to our August update for Visual Studio Code for Java! In this blog we are going to provide you more improvements about de-compiler support. Additionally, we are going to show creating Maven projects without archetype and important code highlighting bug fix. Let's get started! More Decompiler Support Improvements When we ...

Important Notice: Update your Azure Toolkit to latest version before September 30, 2023

August 27, 2023 Aug 27, 2023 08/27/23
Jialuo Gan
We would like to inform you that the Docker host feature in Azure Toolkit will be affected by some internal architecture changes related to Azure Active Directory Graph API. For more details, please visit this page.   Please follow the steps below to check your versions of Azure Toolkit and update them if needed:  If you are using...

How Tiered Compilation works in OpenJDK

August 21, 2023 Aug 21, 2023 08/21/23
Cesar Soares
The OpenJDK HotSpot runtime system is a complex piece of software that employs several techniques to optimize the execution of Java programs on the fly. The system is composed of two different compilers, one interpreter and several different Garbage Collectors, among several other components. These compilers are orchestrated in a tiered ...