Java for Visual Studio Code now gets SonarLint 'spellchecker' tool, while the Python extension gets a new debugger.

Microsoft is providing insights into what it has planned for Java in Visual Studio Code through the end of 2021.

With Java running critical applications the world over, the nearly 25-year-old programming language must balance its community’s affection for its syntax with new trends.

The team supporting developers using the Java in Visual Studio Code editor has added a new Welcome Page to its support website that includes a new tour of important features.

Microsoft released its roadmap for what its planned updates for Java on Visual Studio Code and highlighted its most important improvements in 2021.

The regular monthly update to Java on Visual Studio Code adds support for the latest edition of the language, Java 18.

Java jockeys using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor will see faster code completions thanks to a new language server.