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Java OpenJDK April 2026 Patch & Security Update
Hello Java customers! We are happy to announce the latest April 2026 patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. Check our release ...
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Java on Visual Studio Code Update – December 2020
Happy New Year to everyone. In this edition, besides sharing the latest enhancements made in December, we would like to invite you for a quick poll, which will take less than 2 minutes, but is valuable for us to learn what will make VS Code a better tool for you in 2021.
New Java learning path on Microsoft Learn
MS Learn is Microsoft's flagship learning platform, delivering free online tutorials for everyone to study, understand and deliver great technical projects to the cloud. Today, we deliver a Java learning path on MS Learn, so all Java developers can benefit from the power of Azure. Java at Microsoft is huge It's been a long journey for Java at Microsoft. Java is currently used in many products and services by Microsoft: from Minecraft, to LinkedIn and Yammer, and Azure itself, where we have several Java specific offers like Azure Spring Cloud (for Spring developers) and JBoss EAP on App Service (for Jakarta E...
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – November 2020
In this update, we are excited to announce a new wizard for Java runtime configuration. The wizard streamlines JDK configuration experience for your project. Please, try it and let us know how you like it. In addition, we share two enhancement features, 1) infer selection range from cursor position and 2) export JAR through custom task.
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – October 2020
In this update, we will introduce some ‘small’ new things on debugging and project management that you would love. Some of these are directly inspired by you.
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – September 2020
In September, we launched a new VS Code installer called Coding Pack for Java. In this edition, we would like to focus on best practices of setting development environment. Regardless of whether you just want to explore or have already been using VS Code for projects or studies, we believe you all will benefit from these practices.
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – August 2020
In this update, we will focus on performance improvements and project management.
About Upgrading to Java 11 for VS Code for Java
Since the introduction of Java 11 requirement for running VS Code for Java, we have constantly heard from our users that they thought Java 8 is no longer supported, which is NOT true. In this blog, we will explain the requirement itself and provide steps for you to upgrade smoothly and quickly without impact your project.
How to Tell Time in Java’s Garbage Collection
Introduction As I wrap up my internship with Microsoft this summer, I have discovered the value in being confused. The more I learned, the more some things became clearer and the more other things became cloudier. In the end, I am left with a headache of confusion on how to tell time, something I thought I mastered in 2nd grade. Three months ago, I started with a seemingly simple task of investigating the quality of garbage collection information in Java Flight Recorder (JFR) and Garbage Collection (GC) logging. On accident, I discovered that the times these tools reported for corresponding garbage collection ev...
Java on Visual Studio Code Update – July 2020
Java on VS Code update for July introduces new features of Project Manager and Extension Guide aiming for improving getting started experience. This edition also introduces Just My Code and other enhancements for debugging.