Nick Zhu

Senior Program Manager at Developer Division in Microsoft. Our team is currently based in Shanghai, China. I have worked on various product areas at Microsoft, such as Bing Ads, Azure SDK, Visual Studio Code for Java, and so on. Before joining Microsoft, I was working at an edu-tech startup where we focused on K-12 STEM education for students in China. I started out my career as a software engineer so I am always passionate about developer tools and experience. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or just want to chat!

20 articles

Jun 18, 2024 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code May 2024 Update - New AI Feature, Spring Updates

An exciting new AI related feature for Java developers on Visual Studio Code.

Java Tools

Nov 21, 2023 Nick Zhu

Announcing the Build Server for Gradle Open-Source Repository

We are excited to announce our decision to officially open-source the Build Server for Gradle project!

Java Java Core

Oct 30, 2023 Nick Zhu

Elevating Java in Visual Studio Code: New Build Server for Gradle

Microsoft and Gradle Enterprise have joined forces to explore a novel approach to Gradle project import and building, based on the Build …

Gradle Tools

Jul 31, 2023 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code – July 2023

Learn about the improved decompiler functionality. Additionally, we are going to do a deep-dive into our code completion.

Developer Tools VS Code

Jul 10, 2023 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code – June 2023

Hi everyone, welcome to the our June update for Visual Studio Code for Java!

Developer Tools Tools

Jun 13, 2023 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code – May 2023

Tons of new features covering performance improvement, user experience as well as Spring Boot integration.

Developer Tools Tools

Mar 21, 2023 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code Update

In this article, we will bring you new features related to JUnit 5 parallel testing as well as new filter widget for Spring Boot dashboard.

Tools VS Code

Jan 23, 2023 Frank Delporte, Geertjan Wielenga, Helen Scott, Nick Zhu

Foojay Podcast #12: State and Future of the IDEs

In this podcast, we are talking to some of the key people working on different IDEs, Integrated Development Environments.

Deep Netts Eclipse

Dec 28, 2022 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – December 2022

Hi everyone, we are near the end of year. Looking back on 2022, there are a few highlights that we wanted to share with you all!

Tools VS Code

Dec 19, 2022 Nick Zhu

Two Million Java Developers on Visual Studio Code!

New code editing features, the debugger gets a nice update, and visual enhancements to the Spring components.

Tools VS Code

Jun 20, 2022 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code - May Update

Exciting improvements to our user experience regarding signature help and code completion as well as new Gradle features.

Release Notes VS Code

Apr 25, 2022 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – April 2022

Java 18 support, inlay hints for parameter names, new language server status UX, lambda expression support in debugging and more!

Release Notes VS Code

Feb 22, 2022 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code Update: February 2022

Hi everyone, welcome to the February update of Visual Studio Code Java and this time we have a special edition for education!

Release Notes VS Code

Jan 26, 2022 Nick Zhu

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – January 2022

Since this is our first blog post of the new year, we are going to look back on highlights of 2021 and take a look at our roadmap for 2022.

VS Code

Dec 21, 2021 Nick Zhu

Say Goodbye to Project Files in Visual Studio Code

We discussed and finally solved this problem that has been bothering VS Code Java users for more than three years.

VS Code

Nov 1, 2021 Nick Zhu

VS Code Java September 2021 Update

Covering the new release of Gradle extension, more convenient Code Actions and the recent 1.0 language server release!

Release Notes VS Code

Oct 25, 2021 Nick Zhu

1.0 Release of Language Support for Java on Visual Studio Code

We are excited to announce the 1.0 release of Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat on Visual Studio Code.

Release Notes VS Code

Sep 20, 2021 Nick Zhu

VS Code: SpringOne Updates, UX Improvements, Community Feedback

Let's share some exciting updates from the SpringOne 2021 conference, as well as various user experience improvements!

Kotlin Spring

Aug 16, 2021 Nick Zhu

Announcing VS Code Java July 2021 Update

Product roadmap progress, with improved user experiences of features for testing, Maven dependency management, and project management.

VS Code

Jul 19, 2021 Nick Zhu

VSCode Java: Roadmap Update and New Features

Welcome to the special mid-year edition for Visual Studio Code Java updates, where we look at our product roadmap for the next few months!

VS Code