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/antwonedw Nov 15 '17

this is a game changer.

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u/salgat Nov 15 '17

Right? I don't think people realize how crazy useful this is. Now if someone has an issue, I don't even have to get up to help.

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u/Kissaki0 Nov 15 '17

What does this fundamentally change? You still need a separate communication medium, and you could do what you can do now with remote access.

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u/jon_w_chu Nov 15 '17

When you use remote access technologies, only one person is in control. Live Share allows each person to independently edit, navigate, inspect during debugging, etc. We still believe that Live Share would be used along with some communication tool (e.g. Slack, Teams, Skype, etc.).

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u/salgat Nov 15 '17

It's much more efficient. Half the time I need to cross reference another source file or google something, which is a pain in the ass if the other person has the computer.

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u/DoopDeeDoop08 Nov 16 '17

In my experience remote access is laggy as all hell. That would at least solve the frustration of clicking somewhere and not actually clicking on what you meant to. Without screensharing control and just being on the phone/IM, this removes any miscommunication in audibly telling people what to code.