[Java - Visual Studio Code] Visual Studio Code Java, Spring, Spring Boot extensions

Posted on 2021-09-11 Edited on 2024-09-12 In Programming Language , Java , Spring , Spring Boot Views: Word count in article: 4.3k Reading time ≈ 4 mins.

Visual Studio Code Java, Spring, Spring Boot extensions

Visual Studio Code is an ideal lightweight development environment for Spring Boot application developers and there are several useful VS Code extensions including:

Spring Boot Extension Pack - Visual Studio Marketplace - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Pivotal.vscode-boot-dev-pack

Spring Boot Extension Pack that includes all of the extensions follow:
Extension Pack for Java - Visual Studio Marketplace - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-java-pack

Extension Pack for Java that includes all of the extensions follow:
Gradle for Java - Visual Studio Marketplace - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-gradle

Prerequites

Java Development Kit (JDK) version

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a distribution of Java Technology by Oracle Corporation. It implements the Java Language Specification (JLS) and the Java Virtual Machine Specification (JVMS) and provides the Standard Edition (SE) of the Java Application Programming Interface (API).

See Microsoft Build of OpenJDK - https://www.microsoft.com/openjdk or Java Downloads | Oracle - https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/ to learn more.

Usages

Once you have the extension installed, open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) and type Spring Initializr to start generating a Maven or Gradle project and then follow the wizard.

See [sts4/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot at main · spring-projects/sts4 - https://github.com/spring-projects/sts4/tree/main/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot#usage] to learn more usges.