{"id":227985,"date":"2021-03-14T21:11:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T04:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/?p=227985"},"modified":"2021-03-14T21:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T04:11:58","slug":"java-on-visual-studio-code-update-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/java-on-visual-studio-code-update-february-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Java on Visual Studio Code Update \u2013 February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the February edition of VS Code update for Java. Spring is approaching. It\u2019s 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. Let\u2019s start.<\/p>\n<h3>New Welcome Page<\/h3>\n<p>A common thing at first-time use is spending a couple of minutes browsing Welcome Page and trying features from there. Users\u2019 satisfaction with the Welcome Page has direct reflection on their satisfaction with product and consequently affects their decision of adoption. Therefore, we believe it\u2019s worth an effort to experiment with a refreshed Java Welcome Page.<\/p>\n<p>Our new design focuses on three things: help users find the most important features, get started for the first project, and access references.<\/p>\n<h4>Feature tour<\/h4>\n<p>A step-by-step feature tour is displayed when the Welcome Page is opened for the first time. The tour covers the most important Java features for a user, opening project, managing project, running and debugging project, and testing project. The tour embeds links that take you directly to these features.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/feature-tour1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227986\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/feature-tour1.gif\" alt=\"Image feature tour1\" width=\"1656\" height=\"1545\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>The Welcome Page<\/h4>\n<p>After the feature tour, you will be taken to the Welcome Page. Besides creating a new project or importing an existing project, the page also provides you with access to a set of selected references in the groups of Configuration, Spring and Student. In addition, you can find our blog, Twitter and GitHub repository on the page to keep connected with us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/welcome-page.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227997\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/welcome-page.png\" alt=\"Image welcome page\" width=\"1654\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/welcome-page.png 1654w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/welcome-page-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/welcome-page-1024x951.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/welcome-page-768x713.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/welcome-page-1536x1426.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1654px) 100vw, 1654px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Launching<\/h4>\n<p>The new design is in experiment. You can launch the page by <strong>Ctrl+Shift+P<\/strong>\u00a0to open command palette and then typing \u201c<strong>java welcome<\/strong>\u201d on the palette. Please, try it and give us your feedback.<\/p>\n<h3>New Icons<\/h3>\n<p>Java extensions published by Microsoft get new icon. Their modern and concise looking underlines VS Code as a modern and lightweight tool. Hope you like the new icons.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: none; height: 56px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaLanguageSupport_4_128.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227991 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaLanguageSupport_4_128.png\" alt=\"Image JavaLanguageSupport 4 128\" width=\"73\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaDebugger_4_128.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227992 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaDebugger_4_128.png\" alt=\"Image JavaDebugger 4 128\" width=\"73\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaTestRunner_4_128.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaTestRunner_4_128.png\" alt=\"Image JavaTestRunner 4 128\" width=\"73\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaProjectManager_4_128.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227994 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaProjectManager_4_128.png\" alt=\"Image JavaProjectManager 4 128\" width=\"73\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaMaven_4_128.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227993 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/java\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/03\/JavaMaven_4_128.png\" alt=\"Image JavaMaven 4 128\" width=\"73\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-java-pack\">Java Extension Pack<\/a><strong>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-java-debug\">Debugger for Java<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-java-test\">Java Test Runner<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-java-dependency\">Project Manager for Java<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 28px; border-style: none; border-color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-maven\">Maven for Java<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Try it out<\/h3>\n<p>Please don\u2019t hesitate to give it a try! Your feedback and suggestions are very important to us and will help shape our product in future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/docs\/languages\/java\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Java on Visual Studio Code<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Explore our step by step <a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/docs\/java\/java-tutorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Java Tutorials on Visual Studio Code<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the February edition of VS Code update for Java. Spring is approaching. It\u2019s 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. 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