The Smartest Way to Code Together in VS Code

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The video addresses a common pain point for developers (collaboration and debugging) and offers a practical, easy-to-implement solution using a popular tool (VS Code). The demonstration is clear and shows the direct benefits of the tool.

Summary

This video demonstrates how to use the VS Code Live Share extension to enable real-time collaborative coding. It shows how to install the extension, start a session, share an invite link, and how multiple users can edit code simultaneously and see each other's cursors.

Structure

1Introduction to the problem of screen sharing for collaboration
2Introducing VS Code Live Share as a solution
3Installing the Live Share extension
4Starting a new Live Share session and generating an invite link
5Explaining how collaborators can join and edit code in real-time

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If you’re looking for an easier way to collaborate in Visual Studio Code, VS Code Live Share is one of the best tools available. In this video, I show you how to use Live Share to share your coding session with another developer, collaborate in real time, edit the same codebase together, and make remote debugging much easier. Whether you’re pair programming, reviewing code, teaching someone, or getting help with a bug, this VS Code extension can save you time and make collaboration feel seamless. #vscode #vscodeliveshare #webdevelopment #webdeveloper #techtok

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The video demonstrates the installation and usage of the VS Code Live Share extension, showing its interface for starting sessions, inviting collaborators, and real-time code editing.

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The Smartest Way to Code Together in VS Code Wait so you are so you are still sharing your entire screen so someone can help you fix a bug you want to add on to your VS code and install the live share extension Once it is installed, click the live share button to start a session It will generate an invite link copied to clipboard! Send it to anyone you trust or click "More info" to learn about secure sharing. Once it is installed, click the live share button to start a session It will generate an invite link Just copy it and send it to whoever you're co- As soon as they join, they are right inside yo- No awkward. Can you scroll up a bit And if you give them the edit- both of you can write code at the same time. You will even see their cursor in real time. You'r

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Wait Wait so you are so you are still sharing your entire screen so someone can help you fix a bug you want to add on to your VS code and install the live share extension Once it is installed, click the live share button to start a session It will generate an invite link copied to clipboard! Send it to anyone you trust or click "More info" to learn about secure sharing. Once it is installed, click the live share button to start a session It will generate an invite link Just copy it and send it to whoever you're co- As soon as they join, they are right inside yo- No awkward. Can you scroll up a bit And if you give them the edit- both of you can write code at the same time. You will even see their cursor in real time. You'r I'm welcome