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Manav Misra
Manav Misra

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Use VS Code LiveShare!

Although Zoom and Hangouts and such are πŸ†—, we have a better way to work collaboratively in real-time with VS Code.

Just use: 'CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + X' to toggle the extensions fuzzy search, and start typing 'liveshare.' You will C one directly from 'Microsoft' called: Live Share Extension Pack
ms-vsliveshare.vsliveshare-pack.
Install it!

Now, on the left side of your screen you should see a shortcut icon as shown here: VS Code screenshot

Click that icon and you have some options, such as to, "Start collaboration..."

Start Collaboration... option

Selecting that will prompt you to do some authorization via GitHub (or an MS account). Then, a 'join link' will be created (see bottom right of your screen).

From there you have options to share a terminal, have inline chat, audio call, etc. πŸ¦„

LiveShare Options

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