'Visual Studio Code and its vscode-java extension have become my go-to solution for a quick and lightweight code exploration and editing experience. Max Rydahl Andersen, Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat This makes it a great tool to use as both my primary and secondary IDE while working on JBang and Quarkus projects.' I can start and stop the editor on any project, small or large, in no time. ' vscode-java makes Visual Studio code a fast and lean way to edit Java projects. Edson Yanaga, Java Champion and Microsoft MVP, Director of Developer Experience, Red Hat It will work fast even on older machines, and it has all the features you need to be productive when developing Java projects, from old versions of Java up to the latest version: 17!' It doesn't matter if you're starting from scratch or you need to quickly open an existing project-VSCode for Java is blazingly fast and small. 'For me, VS Code for Java is the easiest way to get started with a Java project.

Embedding a Java runtime to improve the 'Getting Started' experience.

Improving the language server's initial startup time and overall performance.

Continuing to adopt convenient code actions (new Java language features, for example) and eventually reach feature parity with those provided by the Eclipse Java IDE.

Adding useful auto-completion features (such as Postfix completion).

Making it easier to configure compiler error/warnings and code formatting options.

There are many items planned for the Java language support in VS Code.

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