Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific 'smarts' in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor.

The latest update to Java on Visual Studio Code improves the debugging experience thanks to support for the newly released Java 19.

Visual Studio Code gives developers flexibility with a variety of tools and customizations. Here's how to set up a VS Code configuration to debug an embedded target.

When you compare Java vs. Python application development in terms of simplicity, conciseness, security and performance, Java comes out on top in every category.