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

Answer 1

There is a plethora of online desktops you can google for (example:DesktopTwo) if its not just the code you want to share, but a whole setup.

Answer 2

I hate to be an advertisement, but I usually use FogBugz.

A recent discovery has been Balsamiq. If It was integrated into FogBugz it would be that much closer to nirvana. Big ups to Google Docs as well.

I have heard good things about Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro as well, check out one of their screencasts and imagine it for yourself.

Answer 3

So, it's years later now. Services have been started, bought, sold, etc since I first asked this question. It seems that the dominant service being used these days (at least for testing/sharing html, js, and css is jsfiddle.

If you're looking for a replacement to Etherpad (which was bought and shut down by Google) then you can try typewith.me, though I've found the service to be buggy every time Chrome gets an update.

Answer 4

Your question sounds like the Jeopardy clue whose answer is "What is Basecamp?" Or maybe Campfire. Or maybe both. Both have free plans.

Answer 5

Any web-based stuff, I find the easiest is for both parties to simply work off a single server. This means:

• Either taking turns in editing the file on the server, and pressing "reload" in your browser, so that both of you see the results at the same time.
• Or both sides working against a version control repository (Subversion, or Git like was mentioned here already) and keep updating that on the server.

This requires a server of some kind with those abilities, but since anyone can install something like that on their own computer, or just pay a few dollars a month for someone else to host it for him, it doesn't seem like such a big deal.