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I think it would be useful if IDEs allowed a team to share when multiple people are editing the same file at the same time. And even get notified when such a c

I think it would be useful if IDEs allowed a team to share when multiple people are editing the same file at the same time. And even get notified when such a change gets committed so you merge it right away. And I don't mean just watching the repo. Sometimes two people are working separately on the same bug when they could be collaborating. Its also easier to merge changes one by one, instead of dealing with 10 at once. And if a change is completely incompatible, its best to deal with that when the code is committed, not a week later. It would also be cool if there were chat integrated with that, with a history that gets linked when you commit so you can understand the context later.

jacquesm 11y ago
Google docs for code. That's doable. Heck you could do it today using google docs, simply set that up as your editor. No code completion, syntax highlighting and other goodies but it might just work for some collaboration.
- twic 11y ago
  Wolfpack programming! http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/2010/10/wolf_pack_programming/ http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/2010/10/wolf_pack_progra...
- stretchwithme 11y ago
  I don't mean working on the same piece of code at the same time in the same editor. I mean working independently but being informed about the efforts of others working on the same piece of code. I think it might be potentially distracting to have other people deleting your code as you write it.
yitchelle 11y ago
Is this pair programming 2.0?
- stretchwithme 11y ago
  Not exactly. More like knowing about potential conflicts when its easiest to avoid them or deal with them more easily.
limeyx 11y ago
Visual Studio 2015 has started on this road. I dont know if you get notified but you can see when the last change was, and in theory if changes are incoming. No idea how well it works because it was really slow because it seems to come bundled with other features that require indexing of your entire project so I disabled it

jacquesm 11y ago

Google docs for code. That's doable. Heck you could do it today using google docs, simply set that up as your editor. No code completion, syntax highlighting and other goodies but it might just work for some collaboration.

twic 11y ago
Wolfpack programming! http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/2010/10/wolf_pack_programming/ http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/2010/10/wolf_pack_progra...
stretchwithme 11y ago
I don't mean working on the same piece of code at the same time in the same editor. I mean working independently but being informed about the efforts of others working on the same piece of code. I think it might be potentially distracting to have other people deleting your code as you write it.

yitchelle 11y ago

Is this pair programming 2.0?

stretchwithme 11y ago
Not exactly. More like knowing about potential conflicts when its easiest to avoid them or deal with them more easily.

limeyx 11y ago

Visual Studio 2015 has started on this road. I dont know if you get notified but you can see when the last change was, and in theory if changes are incoming. No idea how well it works because it was really slow because it seems to come bundled with other features that require indexing of your entire project so I disabled it