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Java on Visual Studio Code Update – June 2020

Yaojin YangJune 28, 2020Jun 28, 202006/28/20

Java on VS Code update for June introduces Java installer pack for MacOS and code completion for Lightweight Mode. This edition also reminds that soon, Java 11 or above version will be required to run your VS Code for Java.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – May 2020

Yaojin YangJune 1, 2020Jun 1, 202006/1/20

Welcome back to the May update of Java on Visual Studio Code. Your satisfaction continuously motivates us delivering the best product for you. Therefore, whatever it is a new feature or an enhancement, we hope you like it. In this update, we will show enhancements on Java side that make the product more friendly and also answer a frequently...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – April 2020

Xiaokai HeApril 30, 2020Apr 30, 202004/30/20

Java on VS Code April update will show you the effect of latest performance improvements, new Java 14 support and semantic highlighting. Also including how to easily create new Java class, perform rename refactoring from file explorer and preview the proposed changes.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2020

Xiaokai HeFebruary 19, 2020Feb 19, 202002/19/20

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.

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2020

Xiaokai HeJanuary 6, 2020Jan 6, 202001/6/20

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 on Visual Studio Code November Update

Xiaokai HeNovember 15, 2019Nov 15, 201911/15/19

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 on Visual Studio Code July Update

Xiaokai HeJuly 22, 2019Jul 22, 201907/22/19

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/...

Java on Visual Studio Code June Update

Xiaokai HeJune 24, 2019Jun 24, 201906/24/19

Welcome to the June update of Java on Visual Studio Code! Earlier this month, we shared our new Java Installer for Visual Studio Code, which aims to help new Java developers to get their environment ready and start coding in just a few clicks. In this update, we’d like to share a couple new features and enhancements delivered during last ...

Announcing the Visual Studio Code Installer for Java

Xiaokai HeJune 14, 2019Jun 14, 201906/14/19

It’s been almost 3 years since the first Java language server was developed during a hackathon in a small conference room at Microsoft’s Zurich office with people from Red Hat, IBM, Codenvy and Microsoft, which later became one of the most popular extensions for Visual Studio Code with more than 2.7 million installations. Since then, ...

Java on Visual Studio Code April Update

Xiaokai HeMay 1, 2019May 1, 201905/1/19

Welcome to April update! Java 12 is now officially supported with Visual Studio Code. We'd also like to show you some new and helpful code actions now available, along with new features from Debugger, Maven and CheckStyle. Try these new features by installing Java Extension Pack with Visual Studio Code. See below for more details! Java 12 ...

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