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I give a computer programming course I have written, and I recently switched to recommending Visual Studio Code in the course. We are starting out with the basics, so I just wanted a simple editor. We started learning Git, and one student's repository suddenly had all sorts of cruft in it, including:




  • .settings/

  • .vscode/

  • .classpath

  • .project


In particular the .settings directory had all sorts of Eclipse settings, such as I would expect to see in an Eclipse project.



The student explained to me that these came from VS Code after installing its Java extensions. But why are the VS Code Java extensions creating Eclipse files? And where is all this documented, so that I can update my lessons with the exact details and avoid this problem in the future?



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    I give a computer programming course I have written, and I recently switched to recommending Visual Studio Code in the course. We are starting out with the basics, so I just wanted a simple editor. We started learning Git, and one student's repository suddenly had all sorts of cruft in it, including:




    • .settings/

    • .vscode/

    • .classpath

    • .project


    In particular the .settings directory had all sorts of Eclipse settings, such as I would expect to see in an Eclipse project.



    The student explained to me that these came from VS Code after installing its Java extensions. But why are the VS Code Java extensions creating Eclipse files? And where is all this documented, so that I can update my lessons with the exact details and avoid this problem in the future?



    Thanks in advance.










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      I give a computer programming course I have written, and I recently switched to recommending Visual Studio Code in the course. We are starting out with the basics, so I just wanted a simple editor. We started learning Git, and one student's repository suddenly had all sorts of cruft in it, including:




      • .settings/

      • .vscode/

      • .classpath

      • .project


      In particular the .settings directory had all sorts of Eclipse settings, such as I would expect to see in an Eclipse project.



      The student explained to me that these came from VS Code after installing its Java extensions. But why are the VS Code Java extensions creating Eclipse files? And where is all this documented, so that I can update my lessons with the exact details and avoid this problem in the future?



      Thanks in advance.










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      I give a computer programming course I have written, and I recently switched to recommending Visual Studio Code in the course. We are starting out with the basics, so I just wanted a simple editor. We started learning Git, and one student's repository suddenly had all sorts of cruft in it, including:




      • .settings/

      • .vscode/

      • .classpath

      • .project


      In particular the .settings directory had all sorts of Eclipse settings, such as I would expect to see in an Eclipse project.



      The student explained to me that these came from VS Code after installing its Java extensions. But why are the VS Code Java extensions creating Eclipse files? And where is all this documented, so that I can update my lessons with the exact details and avoid this problem in the future?



      Thanks in advance.







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          Simplified the Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat is the headless Eclipse Java IDE integrated into Visual Studio Code via the Language Server Protocol (LSP). See the self-description of the extension:




          Provides Java™ language support via Eclipse JDT Language Server, which
          utilizes Eclipse JDT, M2Eclipse and Buildship.




          Except for .vscode/, the mentioned files are Eclipse Java IDE files.



          Because in Eclipse these files are not intended to be edited manually, there is little or no documentation about them (the Java compiler settings in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs are similar to the command line arguments of the Eclipse batch compiler).



          For example, the documentation of the Java extension recommends using the Eclipse Java IDE to edit the formatter settings (which are also stored in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs) and concludes:




          No it's not an ideal solution, but it should be done only once, unless
          you regularly change your formatter settings.







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            Simplified the Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat is the headless Eclipse Java IDE integrated into Visual Studio Code via the Language Server Protocol (LSP). See the self-description of the extension:




            Provides Java™ language support via Eclipse JDT Language Server, which
            utilizes Eclipse JDT, M2Eclipse and Buildship.




            Except for .vscode/, the mentioned files are Eclipse Java IDE files.



            Because in Eclipse these files are not intended to be edited manually, there is little or no documentation about them (the Java compiler settings in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs are similar to the command line arguments of the Eclipse batch compiler).



            For example, the documentation of the Java extension recommends using the Eclipse Java IDE to edit the formatter settings (which are also stored in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs) and concludes:




            No it's not an ideal solution, but it should be done only once, unless
            you regularly change your formatter settings.







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              Simplified the Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat is the headless Eclipse Java IDE integrated into Visual Studio Code via the Language Server Protocol (LSP). See the self-description of the extension:




              Provides Java™ language support via Eclipse JDT Language Server, which
              utilizes Eclipse JDT, M2Eclipse and Buildship.




              Except for .vscode/, the mentioned files are Eclipse Java IDE files.



              Because in Eclipse these files are not intended to be edited manually, there is little or no documentation about them (the Java compiler settings in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs are similar to the command line arguments of the Eclipse batch compiler).



              For example, the documentation of the Java extension recommends using the Eclipse Java IDE to edit the formatter settings (which are also stored in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs) and concludes:




              No it's not an ideal solution, but it should be done only once, unless
              you regularly change your formatter settings.







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                Simplified the Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat is the headless Eclipse Java IDE integrated into Visual Studio Code via the Language Server Protocol (LSP). See the self-description of the extension:




                Provides Java™ language support via Eclipse JDT Language Server, which
                utilizes Eclipse JDT, M2Eclipse and Buildship.




                Except for .vscode/, the mentioned files are Eclipse Java IDE files.



                Because in Eclipse these files are not intended to be edited manually, there is little or no documentation about them (the Java compiler settings in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs are similar to the command line arguments of the Eclipse batch compiler).



                For example, the documentation of the Java extension recommends using the Eclipse Java IDE to edit the formatter settings (which are also stored in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs) and concludes:




                No it's not an ideal solution, but it should be done only once, unless
                you regularly change your formatter settings.







                share|improve this answer















                Simplified the Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat is the headless Eclipse Java IDE integrated into Visual Studio Code via the Language Server Protocol (LSP). See the self-description of the extension:




                Provides Java™ language support via Eclipse JDT Language Server, which
                utilizes Eclipse JDT, M2Eclipse and Buildship.




                Except for .vscode/, the mentioned files are Eclipse Java IDE files.



                Because in Eclipse these files are not intended to be edited manually, there is little or no documentation about them (the Java compiler settings in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs are similar to the command line arguments of the Eclipse batch compiler).



                For example, the documentation of the Java extension recommends using the Eclipse Java IDE to edit the formatter settings (which are also stored in .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs) and concludes:




                No it's not an ideal solution, but it should be done only once, unless
                you regularly change your formatter settings.








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