# VS Code Spring Boot Application Development Extension Pack (also known as [Spring Tools](https://spring.io/tools) for Visual Studio Code) Collection of extensions for developing and deploying Spring Boot Application ## Spring Boot The [Spring Boot Tools](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Pivotal.vscode-spring-boot) extension provides: - IDE Java tooling for developing and troubleshooting Spring Boot applications. - Support for editing Spring Boot Application configuration properties files (`.properties` and `.yml`) ## Spring Initializr Java The [Spring Initializr Java Support](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-spring-initializr) extension provides support for generating quickstart Spring Boot Java projects with Spring Initiailizr API. ## Spring Boot Dashboard The [Spring Boot Dashboard](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-spring-boot-dashboard) extension provides an explorer in the side bar where you can view all of a workspace's spring boot projects conveniently in one place. You can also quickly start, stop or debug a project.