IDUG Brazil 2026

If you build applications on IBM Db2, you likely live in VS Code. Your code, source control, and AI assistants are already there. Your database work, however, often happens in a separate tool, which means switching back and forth to inspect tables, write queries, and check results. Each switch breaks your focus, and the cost adds up.

The IBM Db2 Developer Extension for VS Code brings your Db2 work into the same editor. From one window, you can create a free Db2 Community Edition instance with a sample database, save connection profiles for different databases, browse tables and other objects, write SQL with auto-complete and error checking, and run queries to view or export the results.

In this talk, you will see a tour of the extension and learn the thinking behind each feature. By the end, you will know how to use Db2 in your own projects without leaving VS Code.

What you'll learn:
• How to create a free Db2 Community Edition instance with a sample database from inside VS Code
• How to save and reuse connection profiles across projects
• How to write SQL faster with auto-complete and error checking
• How to run queries and view or export the results inside VS Code