Azure tools for Java developers

This article describes common tools available for developers using Azure for Java.

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful code editor available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. VS Code supports a simple, modern Java development workflow through a set of extensions that provide project support, code completion, debugging, linting, and navigation.

Get Started with Visual Studio Code and Java Java extension pack for Visual Studio Code

Eclipse and IntelliJ plugins

Manage Azure resources and deploy apps from your IDE with The Azure toolkits for Eclipse and IntelliJ.

Get started with Azure Toolkit for Eclipse | Get started with Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ

Apache Maven and Gradle plugins

Deploy Java applications to Azure with ease by configuring Azure plugins as part of your Maven or Gradle builds. Currently, the plugins support Azure App Service, Azure Functions, and Azure Spring Apps.

• Azure Plugins for Gradle
• Azure Plugins for Apache Maven
• Maven Archetypes for Azure Services

Supported Java runtimes

Java developers are free to use the distribution and version of Java of their choice for most Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack services. For more information, see Java support on Azure and Azure Stack.

Azure CLI

The Azure CLI provides a command-line experience to manage Azure resources. You can use it in your browser with Azure Cloud Shell, or you can install it on macOS, Linux, and Windows and run it from the command line.

Get started with Azure CLI.