7 tools and services for real-time collaborative coding

Most of the time, collaborating on a software project means working with tools like Git—taking turns making modifications, then reconciling the final product into a single codebase.

But live collaboration on code—two or more people working on the same file in real time—has become far more viable in recent years. You’ll still want to have one person sign off on the final code, but being able to see other people’s edits as they happen is a great boon for distance learning, crunch-time work, and peer review.

Here are seven ways to do live collaboration with your teammates, whether through a web-based service or an add-on for your code editor.

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