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I'm the sole developer working on multiple projects on different versions of Java, plus some Microsoft Sharepoint front end projects. I REALLY need to figure out a better setup for my development environments and would like to know what others use. Please let me know if I should be posting in a different stack* community. Here is what I have to support:

  • Java 7 Spring project, developing in STS - I'm working on upgrading this to Java 11 and it is going ugly.
  • Java 8 Spring Boot Projects, developing in STS
  • Java 8 Spring Boot app that gets deployed to Azure, developing in STS
  • Microsoft SharePoint Web Parts in Visual Studio Code, mostly TypeScript/html/css so far

I'm developing in a Windows environment with my JAVA_HOME set to Java 7. It is starting to feel very sloppy and I just feel like there must be a better way to organize this all (multiple projects/different versions of Java). Looking for what other folks are doing.

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  • jEnv. Not for Windows though I'm afraid... Commented Jun 21, 2021 at 17:40
  • Compliance level? Docker? VM? Dual boot? Second dev box? Schizophrenia? Update your resume? Commented Jun 21, 2021 at 18:29
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    For instance the maven build infrastructure: versioned dependency management, java versions. JAVA_HOME I find obsolete personally. I like Visual Studio, but maybe IntelliJ Community Edition is worth trying. Commented Jun 21, 2021 at 20:24
  • @JoopEggen - mentioned JAVA_HOME because I realized Maven is using whatever is specified in JAVA_HOME and I'm not sure if that was messing up things. Also, I have different versions of the IDE setup so I can run launch one version of STS with Java 11. As a I said, it's just getting very messy. Commented Jun 21, 2021 at 21:34
  • @candied_orange - are you thinking get it all running on Java 11 and then just use STS's compliance level to configure 7/8/11 based on project need? Commented Jun 21, 2021 at 21:38

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