The Most useful VS Code Extension For Peer Coding

Live Share is an extension for VS Code that enables real-time collaboration between developers. It gives users the ability to share a session with someone else, allowing them to edit code as well as share a sever and debugging session.

I recently found out about live share, and it has been helpful when in terms of peer programming instead of pushing to Github for my partner to check my code and show my mistake. It all can be done from my Visual Code Studio

Get started with Live Share

To get started with using Live Share in VS Code, you’ll need to download the Live Share Extension Pack from the Extension Marketplace.

This gives you and your team/class a one-click install so you can start pair programming, remote code reviews, driving immersive lectures, and more without ever leaving Visual Studio Code.

The Live Share icon will appear in the Activity Bar after you log into your GitHub account.

Starting a Live Share session

If you choose Start Collaboration Session from the Session Details menu, a link to your session’s invitation will be copied to your clipboard automatically. You can send this connection to anyone who wants to collaborate with you, as long as they have VS Code and the Live Sharing Extension Pack installed.

When your classmate joins the session, you’ll get a notification, and see their name come up under Participants.

My teammate and I using live share to execute code review, Since I started using the Live share extension it has been helpful and increased my productivity level. Big Ups to Microsoft teams for this extension