The Java Class File Disassembler (javap) is a useful tool for the Java developer that I have referenced in previous blog posts covering a variety of contexts such as detecting the innards of a Groovy ...

The APIs we’ll be using are part of the Java Debug Interface (JDI), a set of Java APIs for remotely inspecting a running application. It’s part of the Java Platform Debugger Architecture, which also ...

Write once, debug/test everywhere is a variant on Java's write once, run anywhere claim, and it defines the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA). The JPDA is a client/server system built from ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code team has added initial support for the JUnit 5 testing framework, along with other Java functionality via extensions to the open source, cross-platform code editor.

As part of a wide-ranging collaboration with Pivotal Software Inc., Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor is getting improved support for Java and Pivotal's Spring Boot framework in the form of new ...

Visual Studio Code developers have asked for support for more test frameworks and Microsoft said it has responded in kind, announcing initial support for JUnit 5 this week. The VS Code team previously ...