There it is, the latest version 1.50.1 on a Linux ARM processor! Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit You can now start VSC from the start button and you will find it in the “Programming” list. Once downloaded, start a terminal and run the installation with: $ cd /home/pi/Downloads If you are using a “default” Raspberry Pi OS - which is 32-bit version - you need to download the “ARM” file. On your Raspberry Pi open a browser and go to the Visual Studio Code download page. Luckily Microsoft decided to release new versions again with installers for both 32-bit and 64-bit Raspberry Pis. You can find a version in the GitHub projects of Steve Desmond for version 1.28.2, but VSC is already on version 1.50.1 today. Visual Studio Code is totally free but until recently was not available in an official version for the Raspberry Pi. IntelliJ IDEA is the most used IDE by Java developers and is available in a free edition with some limited features, or a full paid version.

My prefered ones are JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA and Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSC).

In my book “Getting Started with Java on the Raspberry Pi”, I give more info about IDEs (= Integrated Development Environment) for Java development.

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