That has changed somewhat. Among other innovations, Visual Studio Code now has good support for editing, running, and debugging Java code through a set of Java-specific extensions.

The Java Class File Disassembler ( javap ) is a useful tool for the Java developer that I have referenced in previous blog posts covering a variety of contexts such as detecting the innards of a ...

The monthly update to the tooling that boosts Java development in the open source, cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor highlights debugging, refactoring and more. Java tooling is provided through ...

Using the VS Code Java Debugger (source: Microsoft). On the Reddit social programming site, reaction to the news was mixed. On the negative side, one developer said: "I've toyed with VSCode for my day ...

Microsoft's Java in Visual Studio Code has been updated with new features for the Spring Framework, as well as improvements for build tools and debugging.

Write once, debug/test everywhere is a variant on Java's write once, run anywhere claim, and it defines the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA). The JPDA is a client/server system built ...

Basically you can run your Java apps, stop, pause, rewind etc. all in one fell swoop. With the launch of ReplayDIRECTOR for Java EE, users can now drill down into source code during replay to ...