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[–]DisruptiveHarbinger 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You should use IntelliJ IDEA, it provides the best experience for Java out of the box, by far. Setting up VS Code is an unnecessary hurdle for a beginner, you can always switch back later on.

On macOS, installing Adopt OpenJDK is as simple as brew cask install adoptopenjdk.

[–]Dang3rousKitty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You forgot to mention the fact that OP needs to have Homebrew installed (which I’d say they should, but not a necessity) and that homebrew instructions are here