VS Code combines impressive Java support with first-class support for JavaScript and other stacks, making a compelling alternative to traditional IDEs. Let’s try it with Spring and Svelte.

With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA.

Tabnine, known for its AI assistant Visual Studio Code extension, this month introduced a beta tool for the full-fledged Visual Studio 2022 IDE along with a new chat application, also in beta.

Built on top of Codey, Google's new PaLM 2-based foundation model trained for coding, the Studio Bot will roll out to developers in the U.S. first.

Cloud-native development figures prominently in a new roadmap published by Microsoft's Java on Visual Studio Code dev team.