Static code analysis tools like Checkstyle and SonarQube. If you've ever wanted to experiment with a new IDE, it's worth dedicating a bit of time to download and install Visual Studio Code for Java.

Five years in the making, a Visual Studio Code extension providing Java language support from Red Hat has shipped in version 1.0.

Oracle has released the Oracle Java Platform extension for Visual Studio Code, bringing full-featured Java development for Maven and Gradle projects to Microsoft’s popular code editor.

With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA.