Input keyword maven in the text box, and select Maven: Create Maven Project item in the popup dropdown list.

It will open a command input text box at the top.

Then click View -> Command Palette… menu item.

Open visual studio code, then click File -> Open and select the above folder.

Create a folder named VisualStudioCodeWorkSpace.

Create Visual Studio Java Project With Maven Archetype.īefore we can edit and debug java code, we need to use visual studio to create a java project with the maven archetype as below.

All the configurations will be saved automatically after you input them.

Click Maven for Java menu item on the left side and input maven executable file absolute full path in Maven > Executable:Path input box on the right side.

Click the Java menu item under Extensions on the left side, and input the maven settings.xml file absolute full path on the right side input box under Java > Configuration > Maven: User Settings item.

Input keyword maven in the Settings search box and there will list maven related items.

Click Code -> Preferences -> Settings menu item in visual studio code.

You can refer to Create Java Project With Maven to learn more. First, you need to confirm maven has been installed on your macOS. The below step is for macOS, it is similar for Windows and Linux. We should tell visual studio code where the maven settings.xml file and the mvn binary executable file are saved. Then it will install all the java extensions which you need when you use visual studio to develop and debug a java project.īecause we want to use maven to manage(create, build, compile, etc) our java project.

Click the Java link under the Customize section on the visual studio code welcome page right side.

Open Microsoft visual studio, click the Help -> Welcome menu item, it will open the visual studio welcome page.

Visual studio code provides a shortcut for you to install the visual studio java project extensions with a single click.

Follow the same method to install other extensions.Ģ.2 Install Visual Studio Java Project Extensions With One Click.

If the extension is not installed, there will have an Install button at the extension right bottom corner.

Input keyword maven for java in the search box, it will list related extensions below.

It will list all the INSTALLED and RECOMMENDED extensions in the EXTENSIONS panel.

Click View -> Extensions menu item in the top menu bar to open the extension panel on the left.

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