Merge pull request #93897 from ggailey777/java

Explicitly call out Maven-based tooling

Author: PRMerger18

articles/azure-functions/functions-reference-java.md

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 title: Java developer reference for Azure Functions | Microsoft Docs
 description: Understand how to develop functions with Java.
-services: functions
-documentationcenter: na
-author: rloutlaw
-manager: justhe
+author: ggailey777
+manager: gwallace
 keywords: azure functions, functions, event processing, webhooks, dynamic compute, serverless architecture, java
 ms.service: azure-functions
-ms.devlang: java
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.date: 09/14/2018
-ms.author: routlaw
+ms.author: glenga
 ---
 
-
-
 # Azure Functions Java developer guide
 
 The Azure Functions runtime supports [Java SE 8 LTS (zulu8.31.0.2-jre8.0.181-win_x64)](https://repos.azul.com/azure-only/zulu/packages/zulu-8/8u181/). This guide contains information about the intricacies of writing Azure Functions with Java.
@@ -27,34 +22,45 @@ This article assumes that you have already read the [Azure Functions developer r
 
 The concepts of [triggers and bindings](functions-triggers-bindings.md) are fundamental to Azure Functions. Triggers start the execution of your code. Bindings give you a way to pass data to and return data from a function, without having to write custom data access code.
 
-## Project Scaffolding
+## Create Java functions
 
-The simplest way to scaffold a Java-based Azure Function project is to use `Apache Maven` archetypes. You can also find project generation wizards on Visual Studio Code, and the Azure Toolkits for Eclipse and IntelliJ.
+To make it easier to create Java functions, there are Maven-based tooling and archetypes that use predefined Java templates to help you create projects with a specific function trigger.    
 
-There are currently two Azure Functions archetypes for Maven:
+### Maven-based tooling
 
-### Java Archetype
+The following developer environments have tooling that lets you create Java function projects: 
 
-This archetype is published under the following groupId and artifactId [com.microsoft.azure:azure-functions-archetype](https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.microsoft.azure/azure-functions-archetype/).
++ [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-azurefunctions)
++ [Eclipse](functions-create-maven-eclipse.md)
++ [IntelliJ](functions-create-maven-intellij.md)
 
-```
-mvn archetype:generate \
-    -DarchetypeGroupId=com.microsoft.azure \
-	-DarchetypeArtifactId=azure-functions-archetype 
-```
+The article links above show you how to create your first functions using your IDE of choice. 
 
-### Kotlin Archetype (Preview)
+### Project Scaffolding
 
-This archetype is published under the following groupId and artifactId [com.microsoft.azure:azure-functions-kotlin-archetype](https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.microsoft.azure/azure-functions-kotlin-archetype/).
+If you prefer command line development from the Terminal, the simplest way to scaffold Java-based function projects is to use `Apache Maven` archetypes. There are currently two Functions archetypes for Maven:
 
-```
-mvn archetype:generate \
-    -DarchetypeGroupId=com.microsoft.azure \
-	-DarchetypeArtifactId=azure-functions-kotlin-archetype
-```
++ **Java Archetype**: published under the following groupId and artifactId [com.microsoft.azure:azure-functions-archetype](https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.microsoft.azure/azure-functions-archetype/):
+
+    ```
+    mvn archetype:generate \
+        -DarchetypeGroupId=com.microsoft.azure \
+    	-DarchetypeArtifactId=azure-functions-archetype 
+    ```
+
+    To get started using this archetype, see the [Java quickstart](functions-create-first-java-maven.md). 
+
++ **Kotlin Archetype (Preview)** published under the following groupId and artifactId [com.microsoft.azure:azure-functions-kotlin-archetype](https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.microsoft.azure/azure-functions-kotlin-archetype/):
+
+    ```
+    mvn archetype:generate \
+        -DarchetypeGroupId=com.microsoft.azure \
+    	-DarchetypeArtifactId=azure-functions-kotlin-archetype
+    ```
 
 The source code of these archetypes can be found on the [Azure Maven Archetypes GitHub repository](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-maven-archetypes).
 
+
 ## Folder structure
 
 Here is the folder structure of an Azure Functions Java project: