Several Integrated Development Environments (“IDE”) can be used for Java development, such as Netbeans and Notepad++. For the first-time Java programmer, I recommend taking the very first steps with good ol’ Notepad++, however, once you have experienced the basics you will no doubt want to harness the power of more advanced IDEs like Visual Studio Code.
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1. Java extension
As soon as you open a .java file in VSCode you will be prompted to install the Extension Pack for Java (see notification bottom right in the first slide below):
2. .vsix
My installation did not complete, so I downloaded the vscjava.vscode-java-pack-0.27.2024060717.vsix file and installed it from there:
3. Next step
You are ready for the “Hello World!” in Java with VSCode tutorial!