We are excited to announce the release of a new update for the Java Visual Studio Code extension, bringing a series of enhancements and bugfixes. This update includes support for the early-access builds of JDK 23 and offers additional capabilities designed to enhance your development experience.

One key feature of this update is support for Markdown in JavaDoc documentation comments. With this update, you can use Markdown syntax to create well-structured, concise JavaDoc documentation comments (as explained in JEP 467). This allows you to focus on the content, rather than formatting, making it easier to read and maintain documentation directly within your code.

The update also introduces the ability to manage dependencies in projects that do not require a build tool. This helps a wider variety of projects that do not use Maven or Gradle. After updating your Java Visual Studio Code extension, you can now choose to delete plugin’s cached data directly from the Command Palette.

You can download the extension from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace and check the changelog for additional details. The Java Visual Studio Code extension will continue to improve, and we appreciate your feedback and support.