Show HN: Real-time collaborative editing plugin for IntelliJ

https://github.com/Floobits/floobits-intellij/

by ggreer • 12 years ago

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oblique632• 12 years ago

Have been using this to pair-program on a project recently. It's probably the best collaborative coding solution out there at the moment, but it still has some issues. Most notably, it inexplicably deleted an entire directory from our project between coding sessions at one point, causing us to delete and recreate our 'workspace' -- luckily it doesn't affect the source project of the collaborator that shared it, but still caused us to spend about an hour trying to figure out how to 'refresh' our projects. Another minor quibble is that you can't tell what file anybody is currently viewing/editing, which can cause some confusion when talking in a hangout call.

But overall it's pretty effective for those times when you just need to look at code with someone remotely.

kansface• 12 years ago

I apologize for the bugs and confusing UI. We recently made a change where files that are ignored by git are no longer shared in Floobits.

Have you tried the summon command? It will cause everyone else in the workspace to jump to your file/cursor.

oblique632• 12 years ago

Yeah, using 'summon' works, it just kind of slips our minds that it exists when we're thinking/talking about the code, but that's likely just a familiarity issue. Mostly it's just the use-case of being able to casually see what a teammate is working on at a glance instead of asking distracting questions, but it's not a huge deal.

Thanks for the support! I've been working on a collaborative editing solution of my own for a while (though not for code), and can definitely appreciate the work that goes in to such a thing.

conradfr• 12 years ago

FWIW you may have been able to restore the deleted folder using Local History.

swaraj• 12 years ago

Just tried this, and it worked perfectly. This is awesome

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