IDE: Eclipse & VSCode

IDE & Plugins & Tools

• Java:
  • https://adoptium.net/
  • https://www.graalvm.org/downloads/
  • https://jdk.java.net/
• Visual Studio Code:https://code.visualstudio.com/
  • Plugins
    • GitLens
    • Angular Language Service
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • ESLint
• Java Eclipse STS: https://spring.io/tools
  • PlantUML: https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/plantuml-plugin
• Git: https://git-scm.com/

Tools

• Docker Desktop: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop
• Insomnia: https://insomnia.rest/

Tools for Windows

• Command Line: http://cmder.net/
• Text Editor: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Database

• Graphical DB client for Eclipse https://dbeaver.io/
• Local PostgreSQL DB for Mac OS https://postgresapp.com/
• Oracle Developer https://www.oracle.com/de/database/technologies/appdev/sqldeveloper-landing.html

Java Test Libs

• https://github.com/awaitility/awaitility

Visual Studio Code & Windows

Install PowerShell 7.x.x

Check the current version $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

This requires admin permissions on the windows system.

winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget

Configure PowerShell 7 as CMD default

Open the windows shell, select in the menu the drop down and settings, select powershell and save.

Configure PowerShell 7 as VS Code default

Open the user Settings settings.json to add the new shell, you can see all Settings (read only) in the Default Settings (JSON).

• ctrl+p
• type Open Settings

Add the new install PowerShell 7 and set it as the new default.

"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
    "PowerShell_7": {
        "source": "PowerShell",
        "icon": "terminal-powershell",
        "path": "C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\\pwsh.exe"
    },
},
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "PowerShell_7",

Eclipse

Increase icon size for large screens

-Dswt.autoScale=quarter

Eclipse autoscale comes with some examples. Basically quarter means leave it to the system to scale in 25% steps. Alternatively, use integers like 200 to scale to 200%.

-Dswt.autoScale=200

Memory settings ParallelGC

In theory, the ParallelGC should be better.

-Xmn512m
-Xms3g
-Xmx3g
-XX:+UseParallelGC
-XX:+UseParallelOldGC
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

Memory settings G1

Where the G1 is optimized for shorter GC pause, which maybe is good too.

-Xmn512m
-Xms2048m
-Xmx3072m
-XX:+UseG1GC
-XX:+UseStringDeduplication
-XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled
-XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

Miscellaneous

• Autogenerate Getter/Setter: https://projectlombok.org/
• Angular Browser Plugin: https://augury.rangle.io
• https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html