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Additions and Updates to Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

February 2, 2022 Feb 2, 2022 02/2/22
Bruno Borges
Today we are excited to share two new additions to the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK family of LTS (Long Term Support) binaries: OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17 binaries for Alpine Linux, and OpenJDK 11 for macOS on Apple Silicon. Other platforms have also been updated to the latest versions of OpenJDK following the tags 11.0.14 and 17.0.2. As ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2022

January 20, 2022 Jan 20, 2022 01/20/22
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to the January edition of Visual Studio Code Java update! Since this is our first blog post of the new year, we are going to look back on highlights of 2021 and take a look at our roadmap for 2022! We also have some exciting feature updates so let us get started. Highlights of 2021 2021 was a productive year for Java on ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – November 2021

December 15, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 12/15/21
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to the November edition of the Visual Studio Code Java update! In this end-of-year post, we are going to look at several new improvements related to fundamental Java development experience as well as our updates related to encoding issues. Inner-loop dev experience directly impacts developer's day-to-day productivity ...

Say goodbye to “.project” files in Language Support for Java™ 1.1.0

December 4, 2021 Dec 4, 2021 12/4/21
Nick Zhu
Recent 1.1.0 release of Language Support for Java™ contains an important update: now when the extension imports a new Java project, the project metadata files ( .project , .classpath , settings, etc.) will no longer be generated in the project path by default. This issue was reported more than three years ago and it has been there since 2018...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – October 2021

November 24, 2021 Nov 24, 2021 11/24/21
Nick Zhu
Hi everyone, welcome to the October edition of the Visual Studio Code Java update! In this post, we are going to take a deep dive of the recent performance improvement on auto-completion. Performance Improvement - Faster Code Completion With the recent 1.0 release of the Java Language Server, we have made substantial improvement on the ...

Microsoft Deepens Its Investments in Java

November 4, 2021 Nov 4, 2021 11/4/21
Bruno Borges
Today we are excited to announce Microsoft has officially joined the Java Community Process. Along with that, we have also provided updates to Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, enhancements to Java support on Visual Studio Code and GitHub, and more details on Azure's rollout of Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.

Announcing the 1.0 release of Language Support for Java™ on Visual Studio Code

October 20, 2021 Oct 20, 2021 10/20/21
Nick Zhu
Today we are excited to announce the 1.0 release of Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat on Visual Studio Code. We believe this is a significant milestone for Java support on Visual Studio Code and the result of a multi-year collaboration between Microsoft, Red Hat and the entire Visual Studio Code and Java community. This release wouldn't ...