Microsoft has updated Java tooling in its Visual Studio Code extension and the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, showcasing a host of new features. For Visual Studio Code, the Extension Pack for Java now ...

In a move that could mean serious competition for Oracle in the Java space, Microsoft is previewing its own build of OpenJDK, a freely available, long-term support distribution of open source Java.

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

Microsoft open sourced a Java debugger it developed for the lightweight, open source Visual Studio Code editor. About a month ago, the company released the VS Code extension to provide Java debugging, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- There once was a time when IBM was arguably the most dominant force in the enterprise Java community. And yet at Oracle Code One 2019, signs all pointed to how Microsoft wants in, ...