Microsoft's Visual Studio Code dev teams for Java and Python announced Gradle enhancements for the former and improved Python discovery for the latter. The company updates its associated extensions on ...

To appreciate the benefits of Gradle, it helps to understand where it came from. When Gradle was first released in 2007, the Java ecosystem had already established several viable tools. Ant emerged in ...

There are dozens of Java build tools available, but only a few of them truly dominate. When it's time to choose one, the key runners in the race are Maven, Ant and Gradle. All three are effective in ...

The joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code — not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death ...

Microsoft today announced its "Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 21," taking advantage of new features and functionality in Java 21. In its "About the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK" guidance, the company says: ...

VS Code combines impressive Java support with first-class support for JavaScript and other stacks, making a compelling alternative to traditional IDEs. Let’s try it with Spring and Svelte. For years, ...