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1. Support for JDK 8. (The Red Hat extension requires JDK 11 or above.)
2. Polyglot debugging.
3. Support for OpenJDK projects.

Getting Started

Get VSApacheNetBeans the latest Apache NetBeans VSCode extension from the official VS Code market place, once it is available there.

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or download the latest development version of Until then, download the Apache NetBeans Language Server extension and install it into VSCode via Install from VSIX...

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1. Get an existing Java project, for example, Micronaut: https://micronaut.io/launch/

Don't forget to select Java. You can select both Maven and Javaor Gradle. Generate the project, download it, extract it into local disk.

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In this sample we will go over how to create and debug Java <> JavaScript polyglot project using JDK 11, Graal.JS, and ready to go sample:

graal-js-jdk11-maven-demo Maven Archetype

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1. Clone sample repository and move to the newly cloned directory.
2. Make sure that JAVA_HOME points at a JDK11 (or later) export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk11.
   1. Open VSCode with VSNetBeans installed.
   2. 1. Although this archetype is named *jdk11*  it can be used with JDK 8 as well, just set to both variables JAVA_HOME and netbeans.jdkhome to your JDK8 home.
   3. In VS Code, go to Preferences | Settings, Go to File | Preferences and search for netbeans.jdkhome jdkhome, and set it to to /path/to/jdk11 (or later).
   4. Open Folder with graal-js-jdk11-maven-demo in VSCode.
   5. Remove App.java and AppTest.java originally coming with the sample Maven project.

   Development

   1. Into In main/java/com/mycompany/app, add a new file named PolyglotSample.java with the following code:

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      language java title PolyglotSample.java linenumbers true collapse true
      package com.mycompany.app; import org.graalvm.polyglot.Context; import org.graalvm.polyglot.Source; import org.graalvm.polyglot.Value; import java.net.URL; public class PolyglotSample { public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException, java.lang.InterruptedException { Context ctx = Context.create(); URL fibUrl = PolyglotSample.class.getResource("fib.js"); Source fibSrc = Source.newBuilder("js", fibUrl).build(); Value fib = ctx.eval(fibSrc); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { Value res = fib.execute(i); System.out.println("Polyglot with Graal.JS - fib(" + i + ") = " + res.asInt()); Thread.sleep(500); } } }

      
      

   2. In terminal or file explorer, create Create the following structure to store the JS source file, so that Java can find it, within the main folder: resources/com/mycompany/app
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      In this resources/com/mycompany/app folder, create a file named fib.js and paste in the following JS code:

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      language js title fib.js linenumbers true collapse true
      (function(n) { function fib(x) { if (x <= 2) { return 1; } let fibX1 = fib(x - 1); let fibX2 = fib(x - 2); return fibX1 + fibX2; } let fibN = fib(n); print(`JavaScript computed that fib(${n}) is ${fibN}`); return fibN; })

      
      

   4. Save all files and invoke action from Command Palette: Java: Compile Workspace.
      
      Note:
      
      • This is an this is the action provided by VSNetBeans which builds the project.
      • Project The project is normally also built also when the debugger start starts, but it is worth for the 1st time see if maven checking before the first debug session to make sure that the Maven build passes.

   Once the build succeeds, let's test the project.

   Testing

   1. Set breakpoint to line 11 in fib.js and
   2. Select F5 to launch debugger and select type Java 8+ which is VSNetBeans provided debugger for JDK 8 and Polyglot capable of debugging Java and scripting languages like Graal.JS impl. of JS.
   3. When started you should see something like following screenshot with Call Stack from JS to Java and variables from JS and Java depending on what context you have  currently stepped into.

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   Happy Polyglot development and debugging with VSNetBeans! 

   Scenario 3: Open OpenJDK Source

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   The OpenJDK sources can be directly open in VS Code using VSNetBeans.

   SetUp

   Follow these steps to prepare the OpenJDK sources:

   1. Clone the OpenJDK from https://github.com/

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   1. openjdk/jdk
   2. configure using bash configure, and provide a path to jtreg, like using the --with-jtreg=<JTREG_HOME> option
   3. build the JDK using make images

   Open Sources

   To open an OpenJDK module inside VS Code, open the src/<module-name> directory. For example, to open the most basic java.base module, open src/java.base. When opening the first module, use File/Open Folder..., to open additional modules and/or tests, using File/Add Folder To Workspace... . Tests are typically in either the test/jdk or test/langtools folder.

   After opening the folders, it is recommended to wait for the "Indexing Complete." messages in the status line.

   Then, enjoy browsing and editing the OpenJDK sources!

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   Scenario 4: GraalVM Sources

   Get the Graal repository (or related repositories like Graal.js, Graal Python, etc.) and prepare it for development (most importantly make sure the mx tool is on PATH ). Then select a suite (graal/sdk , graal/truffle, graal/compiler, etc.) and build it using mx build . Then open the suite  in code  as a folder (_File/Open Folder_). Wait for the Apache NetBeans Language Server extension to be initialized (shows Indexing finished  in the status line). Use Ctrl-O  to open any Java file. Edit, use code completions provided by the system, open tests, run and debug them. Open a test class, locate @Test  method to debug and choose Debug :

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   The system invokes mx build  and mx unittest ...  automatically for you and connects debugger to the started JVM. Then it's up to you to step through the code, hit breakpoints, etc. Should you debug Truffle language (like JavaScript, Python, etc.), the debugger steps in and shows you the guest language statements - see scenario 2  for more details.

   Should you need to explicitly build from the code  choose Ctrl+Shift-P and type Java: Compile Workspace - that invokes mx build .