Visual Studio Live Share for collaborating in real time

Microsoft recently released Visual Studio Live Share as a preview.

It allows developers to share a running debugging session or edit code collaboratively, directly from within the Visual Studio IDE.

Unlike screen sharing, Live Share gives both developers a synchronized, editable view of the same codebase, and each participant can navigate independently.

You can even share breakpoints and step through code together.

This is particularly useful for remote pair programming, quick code reviews, and mentoring sessions.

Setup is straightforward: first install the "Live Share" extension, sign in with your Microsoft account, and then use the File/Start Live Share menu command to get started.

It's a glimpse of the co-operative development work, and it already works nicely. Be sure to check this feature out.