VSCode

  • Started by saying their goal is not to convert IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans devs.

  • Editors

    • TextEdit

    • SublimeText

    • jEdit

      • Had huge plugin ecosystem. From sourceforge

    • Atom Editor

  • On the other end of the spectrum you have IDEs.

  • Text editors

    • Keyboard centric

    • Lightweight/fast

    • Files/folders

  • IDEs

    • Project systems

    • Integrated build

    • Debug

    • VCS

    • Code understandig

  • What about something in the middle?

    • VS Code is an editor, but has some capabilities from the IDS

      • Code understanding

      • Debug

      • Everything from the Text editors

  • If you want to stick to one editor, VSCode + extensions.

  • Spring Initializr

  • IntelliCode

    • AI-assited pattern recognition

DEMOS

  • Setting it up.
code --user-dir empty --extensions-dir empty/extensions

  • Some basic things you can do

    • Maven projects

    • Had some demo issues

Spring

DEMOS

  • SpringBoot @RestController.

  • Initializr

    • Go-to-symbol works with Spring beans

    • PetClinic

  • AzureDevSpaces

    • Rapidly iterate and debug containers in Kubernetes

    • Showed how you can drop in a new Service-B in the midst of other existing services.

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