diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b00af803dd8..8cdbd1ff48f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@ target/*
 .idea
 *.iml
 /target
+.sts4-cache/
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
 _site/
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..559c538055f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Debug (Launch)-PetClinicApplication<spring-petclinic>",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "console": "internalConsole",
+            "stopOnEntry": false,
+            "mainClass": "org.springframework.samples.petclinic.PetClinicApplication",
+            "projectName": "spring-petclinic",
+            "args": ""
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Debug (Attach)",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "hostName": "localhost",
+            "port": 0
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5f3f6b9c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fabd5c41693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "verify",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "mvn -B verify",
+            "group": "build"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "test",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "mvn -B test",
+            "group": "test"
+        }
+    ]
+}