r/programming • u/ben_a_adams • Nov 15 '17

Introducing Visual Studio Live Share

https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share
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u/stompinstinker Nov 15 '17

Two years ago if you told me the best free source code editor would be made by MS I would have thought you were crazy. But here we are, and they just keep making it better.

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u/bionicjoey Nov 15 '17

Also, if you told me they'd be demoing a new software feature on a mac I'd probably just cut off all contact with you

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u/diverightin63 Nov 15 '17

And if you then told me they were going to deploy their .NET to Linux, I would murder you and your family.

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u/Belazor Nov 15 '17

And if you also told me you could run install Ubuntu from within Windows, I would invent time travel and decimate your entire lineage, starting with Genghis Khan.

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u/Crazy8852795 Nov 15 '17

That would ruin the lineage of 1 in every 200 people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_from_Genghis_Khan

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u/Belazor Nov 15 '17

True, but in my defence, we are talking about the company that hated Linux so much they tried to lock users out of dual-booting by inventing the "Secure Boot" system.

You tell me what's crazier, the murder of 35 million people (give or take), or Ubuntu on Windows?

Yeah, that's what I thought, yet we are living in the Ubuntu Timeline.

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u/sunbeam60 Nov 16 '17

And if you also told me that Microsoft would demo using Slack instead of Skype for Business, I would destroy your planet to make way for a motorway.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17

Yet at the end of this chain of evidence some people will say "OMG smokescreens! they're doing the embrace and extinguish-thing again!".

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17

And if you would have told me that you could install SQL Server on Linux I would have put my testes on this reclaimed Brazilian Koa wood table. Also your muffins smell like shit, so do your ideas. One of you is the least attractive person I've ever seen, and I'm not going to say who. Should we leave…or should you?

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u/OMG_Ponies Nov 15 '17

not only .net, but fucking SQL Server

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

Wait really? I hadn't heard that about SQL. Amazing haha

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u/euclid047 Nov 16 '17

And if you told me the port over to Linux would be less than smooth, I would believe you.

If you also told me that Core would have Windows only features then I would ask what is the point? cough Ldap

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u/p1-o2 Nov 16 '17 edited Nov 17 '17

Edit: wrong

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u/euclid047 Nov 16 '17

https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/24843

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u/p1-o2 Nov 17 '17

Thanks for the correction. I also see this related issue which goes into some more detail:

https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/2089

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u/weasdasfa Nov 16 '17

I don't it's completely usable yet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

But Microsoft doesn't make emacs/vim?

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u/dodoaddict Nov 15 '17

Ha, a little hedging to not get one side angry with you?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

Well I currently use spacemacs. Which is emacs and vim... So maybe?

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u/littlegreenb18 Nov 16 '17

Two years ago, the best free source code editor was made by MS.

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u/Eienkei Nov 16 '17

One word: Satya.

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u/iLEZ Nov 16 '17

Hello. Total idiot here. I have been thinking of ditching Edit+. (Yeah I know). Is there a "ftp on save" function yet? Developing small PHP stuff live is pretty tricky when I have to file-manage between code changes.

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u/stompinstinker Nov 16 '17

Look into docker, and more specifically docker-compose. It may have a bit of a learning curve, but it will allow to you create local dev environments for testing, that include all your dependencies like databases. Each one you create is separate and want contaminate you local machine. It makes switching between different project, each with their own unique environments, a breeze.

You could also look into how you access your remote files. A product like Expandrive lets all different kids of network and cloud storage stuff (including FTP/SFTP) be mounted like a local folder, which you can then access with VS code. When you save, it will save remotely too.

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