I build developer tools and services at Microsoft (currently Codespaces, Live Share, IntelliCode) and maintain some OSS projects (CodeTour, GistPad, CodeSwing, WikiLens)
Myself and two other devs on the team pair every week, and I think my favorite feature is the ability to observe what they’re editing in seperate editors (within a VS Code grid layout), while being able to edit in a seperate file or section of code at the same time. I personally find it incredibly powerful to be able to explore ideas on my own, while simultaneously “checking in” on what my peers are doing.
I also love the audio support and whiteboard extensions, since Live Share always works better with a voice call, and we frequently find the need to diagram something ad-hoc.
"Web-Stack" developer with a focus on accessibility design and development patterns, data visualization and DevOps automation.
Fell in love with Node, JS, SPA's and the JAMStack. Bye LAMP.
Myself and two other devs on the team pair every week, and I think my favorite feature is the ability to observe what they’re editing in seperate editors (within a VS Code grid layout), while being able to edit in a seperate file or section of code at the same time. I personally find it incredibly powerful to be able to explore ideas on my own, while simultaneously “checking in” on what my peers are doing.
I also love the audio support and whiteboard extensions, since Live Share always works better with a voice call, and we frequently find the need to diagram something ad-hoc.
omg! I didn't realise audio support exists, let alone a useful sounding whiteboard. Yet more reasons to love VSCode.
Ooh, I use Whiteboard app all the time, didn't think about linking them! I'll have to add that in.