EtherPad

[Mr. Analog]

Ever wish you could collaborate with someone writing code (or pretty much anything text based)? Well EtherPad might be the tool for you!

http://etherpad.com/

[Thorin]

Pretty cool, but how would you use this to write code?  Given that when writing code you frequently compile it to see if there were any syntax errors...

[Mr. Analog]

Pretty cool, but how would you use this to write code?  Given that when writing code you frequently compile it to see if there were any syntax errors...

Seriously?

Ctrl-C, Alt-Tab, Ctrl+V, Ctrl-B

[Tom]

Wouldn't you have to make that: CTRL+A + CTRL+C, ALT+TAB+TAB+TAB+TAB, CTRL+V, CTRL+B ?

[Thorin]

But that doesn't show the other person compile errors or anything...  Just as easy to use Windows' Remote Assistance and have both of you working on one machine from two different desks.

[Mr. Analog]

But that doesn't show the other person compile errors or anything...  Just as easy to use Windows' Remote Assistance and have both of you working on one machine from two different desks.

I'm not quite sure what you are getting at here Thorin. It's a collaborative online text editor. No install, no ports to open, no security to navigate around, cross platform, quick and easy to get running. All you need is a browser and away you go.

Why wouldn't this be handy?

[Mr. Analog]

Wouldn't you have to make that: CTRL+A + CTRL+C, ALT+TAB+TAB+TAB+TAB, CTRL+V, CTRL+B ?

LOL, I guess it depends on how many windows you have open there haha.

[Tonnica]

Oh! So it's like GoogleDocs. That's cool, especially for those who don't get what they want from the "Dawks".

[Mr. Analog]

Oh! So it's like GoogleDocs. That's cool, especially for those who don't get what they want from the "Dawks".

It's exactly like GoogleDocs BUT it lets multiple users edit at the same time without locking the document or the text for that matter!

It's been kind of up and down since November, but it was one of those cool things I saw on Ajaxian recently that I had to share.

I kind of think of it as a good way to collaborate on code because it has built-in JavaScript highlight support, and I've been writing a lot of script lately. I'm sure when the "real" version becomes available they may phase in more support for highlighting and stuff.

Ajaxian is one of my favourite sites for goodies like this:
http://ajaxian.com/

I mean, heck, check this out:
A web-desktop written in JQuery!
http://ajaxian.com/archives/jsos-jquery-based-desktop

As one poster says, I'm not sure exactly what the use for such a thing would be at the moment, but cool nonetheless.

[Darren Dirt]

It's a collaborative online text editor. No install, no ports to open, no security to navigate around, cross platform, quick and easy to get running. All you need is a browser and away you go.

Why wouldn't this be handy?

It's handy in the same way "chatinator" is... and limited in the same ways as well.

In other words, handy in a pinch and/or when the other folks you wish to converse/collaborate with are not able to use The Top Of The Line Tools, but not something you'd exclusively rely on for serious ongoing projects...

[Mr. Analog]

It's a collaborative online text editor. No install, no ports to open, no security to navigate around, cross platform, quick and easy to get running. All you need is a browser and away you go.

Why wouldn't this be handy?

It's handy in the same way "chatinator" is... and limited in the same ways as well.

In other words, handy in a pinch and/or when the other folks you wish to converse/collaborate with are not able to use The Top Of The Line Tools, but not something you'd exclusively rely on for serious ongoing projects...

Actually, thanks to your post my dev team has found Chatinator useful.

I will be using it later for my own personal projects so I can hold conversations with artists and fans.

These tools make things quick and easy and seem to work their ways into the day to day. (Heck, we're actually using GoogleGroups to manage some of our team stuff).

[Darren Dirt]

These tools make things quick and easy

Exactly. Sometimes a "proof of concept" works so well for a specific but simple task, that very little refinement is needed years after it is heavily used, since the "full featured" versions are already out there soon after, by those who are short on visionary ideas, but long on ways of cloning-copying-slightlyimproving to make some quick bucks.

Ajaxian is one of my favourite sites for goodies like this:
http://ajaxian.com/

Dammit I hate that site, so many cool ideas, so little time to actually understand the guts behind those toys... and all them newfangled terms and framework names and techniques, well it just tells me how far behind the horizon of newtech and newstyle I am, as a developer... I feel like a COBOL programmer watching the graphical interfaces become popular


On a serious note, what are you thoughts on this?
http://ajaxian.com/archives/fixing-the-web-part-i




(fear not, however, cuz even though I feel "way behind", overall I think I am in spirit, still a programmer at heart. Dammit.)