Content by Rory Preddy (5)

Rory Preddy demonstrates an end-to-end workflow in VS Code using GitHub Copilot to build and debug a Java Spring Boot app, then expose app capabilities as MCP tools and validate behavior with Playwright tests.

Rory Preddy demonstrates how to connect Playwright MCP to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code to run end-to-end browser tests against a Spring Boot app, validating an add/complete/delete workflow and reviewing the resulting browser-driven test output.

Rory Preddy demonstrates how to expose Spring Boot Java methods as MCP tools, connect them to Visual Studio Code, and enable GitHub Copilot to call those tools to update a working application.

Rory Preddy demonstrates how to debug a Spring Boot Java application in Visual Studio Code by tracing a browser request through the service layer, pausing at breakpoints, inspecting variables, and using the Spring Boot Dashboard to review endpoints, health, and heap memory.

Rory Preddy shows how to go from a folder of Java files to a running Spring Boot web app inside Visual Studio Code, including setting up the Java and Spring Boot tooling, building with Maven, running from the Spring Boot Dashboard, and testing a simple end-to-end workflow.