pt5-vscode-configuration-java.md

Configure VS Code for Java

The steps to getting VS Code setup:

1. Follow official guides at:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-tutorial#_before-you-begin

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-spring-boot

2. Additional settings:

2.1 Workspace settings

With user settings open, select WORKSPACE option, found next to USER title of settings page. This adds new file to a project root .vscode/settings.json where we add the following:

// .vscode/settings.json
{
  ...
  "[javascript]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
    },
    "java.home": "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64",
    "files.exclude": {
        "**/.classpath": true,
        "**/.project": true,
        "**/.settings": true,
        "**/.factorypath": true
    },
  ...
}