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Java on Visual Studio Code Update – December 2022

Hi everyone, we are near the end of year. Looking back on 2022, there are a few highlights that we wanted to share with you all: Highlights from 2022 Major Visualization Experience Upgrade for Spring Boot Extensions Starting earlier this year, we began to make a series of improvements on Spring Boot dashboard, aiming to increase Spring ...

Java on Azure Tooling Update – November 2022

Hi everyone, welcome back to the November update of Java on Azure Tooling. In this update, we will introduce remote debugging support of Azure Spring Apps and Azure Function Apps. In addition, we have made some enhancements for users to configure App Settings more easily. Please download and install the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ. We hope you ...

What’s the deal with humongous objects in Java?

As a Software Engineer in Microsoft’s Java Engineering Group, part of my job is to analyze and improve the performance of Java’s garbage collectors. As a Java application runs, the garbage collector is responsible for allocating objects on the heap and freeing up heap space when those objects are no longer live. In this blog post, I’ll ...

Two million Java developers on Visual Studio Code! November 2022 Update

Hi everyone, we are excited to share that now there are over two million Java developers on Visual Studio Code, this wouldn't be possible without all the support from the community and our users, so thank you! For November update, we are bringing you new code editing feature such as postfix completion, optimized organize import. In addition...

Java on Azure Tooling Update – October 2022

Hi everyone, welcome back to the October update of Java on Azure Tooling. In this update, we will introduce our new roadmap in the next few months. In addition, we have made some improvements for developers to use deployment slots for Azure Functions in IDEs directly with our latest release. Please download and install the Azure Toolkit for ...

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK – October 2022 PSU Release

We are happy to announce the latest patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. You can find the usual updates from the OpenJDK upstream community: And you can also see the additional work that our team has put in place in our builds through the release notes. Starting with this release, developers can ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – October 2022

Hi everyone, welcome to the October update of Visual Studio Code Java. We have brought a lot of improvements in code editing and debugging experience this time, so let's get started! Debugging Experience Enhancements Visual indicator for inline breakpoints Consider a line like this: Stream.of("Frank").map(name -> name.toUpperCase...

Java on Azure Tooling Update – September 2022

Hi everyone, welcome back to September update of Java on Azure Tooling. In this update, we will introduce the Azure Cosmos DB Support, and Azure Virtual Machine Enhancement. In addition, we have made some improvements for users to create/update the dependencies with Azure SDK Reference Book. Please download and install the Azure Toolkit for ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – September 2022

Hi everyone, welcome to the September update of Visual Studio Code Java. We have tons of exciting new features this time, and there are improvements in many areas such as project import, Spring support, remote debugging and unit testing, so let's get started! Protobuf (Protocol Buffer) project support  Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is a free ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – August 2022

Hi everyone, welcome to the August update of Visual Studio Code Java. In this month's update, we have brought more exciting features for Spring as well as improvements for build tools and debugging experience. Let's get started! Spring enhancements Spring enhancements has been one of our top focuses this year. In our latest release, we are ...