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  This is the second post in series of Setting up Visual Studio code for Java Spring Boot development. First post of this series can be found here . In this article we will see how we can configure VS Code to run Apache Tomcat server via extension. So lets begin. Open your VS Code and click on Extensions menu item. Now search for "Tomcat For Java". Select extension From Wei Shen and click install. Once this extension is installed. we can see new tab panel enabled in Explorer window. When we expand it, its empty. Now we need to configure Tomcat. For that, we need to download Apache Tomcat from official site. To download Tomcat click here to redirect to official site. There are multiple version available to download. For this demo we will download Tomcat Version 9.  Once Tomcat is downloaded to our machine. We now navigate back to VS code. We can now configure Tomcat by click on "+" sign on "Tomcat Servers" panel. When we click on Add Tomcat Server "

  Download Visual Studio Code to your machine by clicking here . You will be redirected to official download site for VS Code. You can download VS depending on your OS. When we open VS Code and click on explorer (Ctrl+Shft+E). There two options available by default. Open Folder Clone Repository Visual Studio code is an Editor not a full fledged IDE. But we can configure VS Code by installing relevant extensions available at  https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode . To install extension directly from Visual Studio, click on Extension icon on Menu item at left panel. Alternatively we can use Ctrl+Shft+X keyboard short cut. First extension we going to search is "Extension Pack From Java" from Microsoft. This extension pack is collection of extensions which is needed to enabled Java development in General. Language Support for Java - Rad Hat Debugger for Java - Microsoft Maven for Java - Microsoft Test Runner for Java - Microsoft Project Manager for Java - Microsoft. Next ex