diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd1a449a..68bf78b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ target/
 *.iws
 .DS_Store
 spring-shell.log
+
+# Visual Studio Code
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cf17457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "java.completion.importOrder": [
+        "java",
+        "javax",
+        "",
+        "org.springframework",
+        "#"
+    ],
+    "java.checkstyle.configuration": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/main/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml",
+    "java.checkstyle.properties": {
+        "checkstyle.suppressions.file": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/main/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-tools/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml",
+        "checkstyle.additional.suppressions.file": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/main/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-tools/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions-empty.xml",
+        "checkstyle.header.file": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/main/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle-header.txt"
+    },
+    "java.checkstyle.version": "8.29"
+}
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