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Announcing Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

April 6, 2021 Apr 6, 2021 04/6/21

Bruno Borges

Today we are excited to announce the preview of the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, a new Long-Term Support (LTS) distribution of OpenJDK that is open source and available for free for anyone to deploy anywhere. It includes binaries for Java 11, based on OpenJDK 11.0.10, on x64 server and desktop environments on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2021

March 14, 2021 Mar 14, 2021 03/14/21

Yaojin Yang

Welcome to the February edition of VS Code update for Java. Spring is approaching. It’s a season for refreshing, no exception to VS Code. In this edition, we will present you with our experiment of a new Welcome Page and re-designed icons. We hope you like the new looking and more importantly, enjoy the upcoming Spring season.

Deploy Spring Boot applications by leveraging enterprise best practices – Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture

March 11, 2021 Mar 11, 2021 03/11/21

Asir Selvasingh

Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of the Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture. You can get started by deploying the Azure Spring Cloud Reference Architecture to accelerate and secure Spring Boot applications in the cloud at scale using validated best practices. Over the past year, we worked with many enterprise ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2021

February 8, 2021 Feb 8, 2021 02/8/21

Yaojin Yang

Welcome to the first edition of VS Code update for Java in 2021. We got some questions around how to run tests on VS Code, so in this blog we will walk you through the how. Meanwhile, we will share the news of releasing Azure Spring Cloud extension. The extension is for you to create, manage and deploy apps to Azure Spring Cloud service.

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.

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.