VS Code Learn: Spring Boot with Copilot: Build, Debug, MCP & Playwright
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.
Overview
The video walks through a practical, AI-assisted development flow in Visual Studio Code:
- Building a Java application with Spring Boot using GitHub Copilot assistance
- Debugging the application inside VS Code
- Turning application features into MCP tools (Model Context Protocol) so they can be used in an “agent-ready” workflow
- Testing the application using Playwright