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Hello. I am trying to practice programming in Java, R, Python and maybe SQL. Since I did not like using Eclipse for Java, is it possible to use Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019?
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Except for Android development, no. Not for free at least. For Java try Visual Studio Code.
Thank you! I have tried Eclipse, for us beginners is quite cumbersome and has pushed me to look for alternatives. I'll take a look at your suggestion
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Hi @Valeria Uriza ,welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. At this time Microsoft is not planning to add support for Java to Visual Studio in the foreseeable future.
For now, you can use Visual Studio Code for Java development. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/java.
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/when-is-java-going-to-be-added/912096
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As you are asking this under the tag "small-basic-communiyty-challenges" , You can also try to program in Small Basic. ;-)
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