Microsoft for Java Developers

Effortlessly monitor applications and dependencies in Azure Spring Cloud!

January 21, 2021 Jan 21, 2021 01/21/21

Asir Selvasingh

We are excited to announce that Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is now fully integrated into Azure Spring Cloud, powered by Application Insights.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – December 2020

January 11, 2021 Jan 11, 2021 01/11/21

Yaojin Yang

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

December 15, 2020 Dec 15, 2020 12/15/20

Julien Dubois

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 on Visual Studio Code Update – November 2020

December 14, 2020 Dec 14, 2020 12/14/20

Yaojin Yang

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

November 16, 2020 Nov 16, 2020 11/16/20

Yaojin Yang

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

October 15, 2020 Oct 15, 2020 10/15/20

Yaojin Yang

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

September 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020 09/10/20

Yaojin Yang

In this update, we will focus on performance improvements and project management.

About Upgrading to Java 11 for VS Code for Java

September 4, 2020 Sep 4, 2020 09/4/20

Yaojin Yang

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

September 2, 2020 Sep 2, 2020 09/2/20

Ana Marsh

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 ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – July 2020

August 12, 2020 Aug 12, 2020 08/12/20

Yaojin Yang

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.