Java at Microsoft

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2020

Xiaokai He February 19, 2020 Feb 19, 2020 02/19/20

In this update for Java on VS Code, we will show you the new ways to manage your dependencies and configure your multiple JDK. We will also show you the additional tools you can use with popular frameworks and runtimes such as Spring Boot and Quarkus. There're also a few new code actions and improvements to checkout.

What’s New in Azure Spring Cloud – January Update

Kylie Liang January 29, 2020 Jan 29, 2020 01/29/20

Explore the newest features on diagnostics and guidance for CI/CD of Azure Spring Cloud, a fully managed service jointly built and operated by Microsoft and Pivotal. 

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2020

Xiaokai He January 6, 2020 Jan 6, 2020 01/6/20

In this update for Java on VS Code, we're introducing the long-waited "Call Hierarchy" support along with some Visual Studio Code UI updates which will benefit Java developers a lot. At the same time, new features are also introduced to Debugger and Test Runner. We will also share some other improvements including performance in this post.

Java EE on Azure with WebLogic and Linux Virtual Machines

Edward Burns December 8, 2019 Dec 8, 2019 12/8/19

Microsoft and Oracle announce the availability of four Azure Marketplace offers enabling Bring-Your-Own-License style WebLogic Server on Azure IaaS.

Java on Visual Studio Code November Update

Xiaokai He November 15, 2019 Nov 15, 2019 11/15/19

Welcome to the November update of Java on Visual Studio Code. In this update, we'd like to share some improvements we've made for code editing experience, more code actions, Java 13 support for Gradle projects and new features in Test Runner and Checkstyle extensions. 

Java At Microsoft: From OpenJDK to Azure Spring Cloud

Bruno Borges November 4, 2019 Nov 4, 2019 11/4/19

It’s been a fantastic year for Java developers. With the increased number of companies supporting the Java platform and providing distributions of OpenJDK, makes the Java ecosystem even stronger and enables customers to further their investments into Java applications. More recently Microsoft acquired jClarity to help form the Java ...

AOT Compilation in HotSpot: Introduction

Ludovic Henry October 29, 2019 Oct 29, 2019 10/29/19

Introduce the AOT Compiler that was introduced in Java 9 with the addition of the jaotc command-line utility. Explore some of the tradeoffs it needs to take, how the generated code fits in the Tiered Compilation pipeline, go through a simple example, and take a look at some alternatives (JIT at Startup, JIT caching, and Distributed JIT).

Java on Visual Studio Code October Update

Xiaokai He October 18, 2019 Oct 18, 2019 10/18/19

Welcome to the October update of Java on Visual Studio Code! This month, we're bringing some new features for code navigation, code actions and refactoring, code snippet along with Java 13 support. There's also improvements in debugger, maven, checkstyle and Test Runner.

Java on Visual Studio Code September Update

Xiaokai He September 16, 2019 Sep 16, 2019 09/16/19

September update for Java on Visual Studio Code. Including move refactoring, more code actions, live linting, new getting started experience and more updates for debugger and test runner extensions.

Java on Visual Studio Code July Update

Xiaokai He July 22, 2019 Jul 22, 2019 07/22/19

Welcome to the July update of Java on Visual Studio Code! In this update, we’d like to share a couple new refactoring features, semantic selection as well as some other enhancements we delivered during last few weeks. Refactoring Trigger rename after extract to variable/constant/method After performing extract to variable/constant/...