CoScreen: Pair & Mob Program with an IDE and Dev Tool

Write and debug code in real-time with 2-10 participants through collaborative screen sharing and hiqh quality video and audio chat.

CoScreen enables you and your team to share application windows like VS Code simultaneously and to edit them instantly as if they were your own windows.

Key features:

• Multi-user screen sharing
• Instant remote control of VS Code and any other desktop and browser app
• High quality audio & video chat
• See who's online and call them with a single click from within VS Code

Watch a live demo

This video shows a short pair programming session using the CoScreen extension for Visual Studio Code: https://youtu.be/kQCu6TrebcA.

Installation

Step 1: Download & install CoScreen

• Get CoScreen for free: https://coscreen.co.

Step 2: Get a new API Key from the CoScreen Settings Menu

1. CoScreen Main Menu > Profile Picture > "Settings" > "Integrations"
2. Enter name of the new integration (e.g. "VS Code")
3. "Generate New Token"
4. "Copy"

Step 3: Install the CoScreen VS Code extension

Insert your API key from CoScreen.

🎉 DONE!

Calling

Collaborators that are online and available will apear in the side panel of the CoScreen extension. You can call them by clicking on their name or by using the command palette.

Joining CoScreens

You can join a CoScreen from the side panel or the command palette.

Creating CoScreens

You can create a CoScreen from the command palette. The CoScreen can be joined after it's created, or you can join it later from the notification.

Requirements

You must have CoScreen for MacOS or Windows installed and have a valid CoScreen API key. You can generate an API key via the CoScreen app in the Settings menu.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• coscreen.apiKey: Your API Key

Resources

• CoScreen Homepage: https://coscreen.co.
• CoScreen Product Blog: https://coscreen.co/blog.
• CoScreen Engineering Blog: https://coscreen.co/engineering.
• Get Help: Support Portal.

Tags

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