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!

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Nick Zhu Jun 18, 2024 6,054 views

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.

Nick Zhu Nov 21, 2023 3,875 views

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 Tools VS Code

Nick Zhu Oct 30, 2023 7,589 views

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 VS Code

Nick Zhu Jul 31, 2023 9,319 views

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

Nick Zhu Jul 10, 2023 3,794 views

Java on Visual Studio Code – June 2023

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

Developer Tools Tools VS Code

Nick Zhu Jun 13, 2023 5,078 views

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 VS Code

Nick Zhu Mar 21, 2023 4,450 views

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 5,389 views

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 Foojay IntelliJ IDEA NetBeans

Nick Zhu Dec 28, 2022 6,929 views

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

Nick Zhu Dec 19, 2022 6,977 views

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

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