Java Experience Futures (January 2016)

This post announces planned improvements for the VSTS plugin for IntelliJ, focusing on essential developer workflows such as viewing and assigning work items, associating work items with branches, committing changes, tracking build status and code review feedback, and completing pull requests. It also mentions the release of a protocol helper for opening Java projects in IntelliJ from VSTS. For the VSTS plugin for Eclipse (Team Explorer Everywhere), the focus is on simplifying the 'getting started' experience, reducing authentication friction, and streamlining work with Git repositories. The post also highlights broader VSTS improvements relevant to Java and cross-platform development, including SSH support for Git repos, enhanced Java testing capabilities (unit testing, code coverage), porting build tasks to JavaScript, and improvements to the Git Credential Manager for Mac and Linux.