Run your code with Docker, SSH or WSL

Set a Run Target to change where your code runs.

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You can configure a Run Target of Docker, SSH or WSL for Java unit tests, Maven and Gradle projects, and for Spring Boot, Micronaut and Quarkus applications.

This means you can, for example, run Spring Boot applications with a Docker target.

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