How do you collaborate with other coders in real time? [closed]

Answer 1

I usually call the other user on skype and then separately start a desktop sharing application like Windows remote desktop assistance, windows meeting space, VNC etc.

Answer 2

github

Why I say git, because you mentioned the need to see what's changed, because you want something quick. I mentioned github because its a good enough repository.

you can also use a dump space website like adrive, with or without git to version your source.

Answer 3

Combined with Twitter, http://snipt.org/ looks alright. Haven't used it a lot, but I don't use anything a lot.

Answer 4

My company uses WebeX, I personally like DimDim

Answer 5

Here we use IM, irc, and pastebin. It's not ideal, but it gets the job done.

I'd rather have a really good collaborative whiteboard-like tool, but I don't know of one.

Answer 6

So, many months later, I've settled on a solution that works very well: EtherPad.

They did a pretty substantial redesign and it has everything I need. It's browser based, free, instant, realtime, and it even holds revisions which can be played back in a time lapse view.

Brilliant!

2012 UPDATE: So, apparently Google bought, absorbed, and shut down Etherpad. Thanks Goog!