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Traditional Ex - Vi editor vs Visual Studio Live Share

A side-by-side look at Traditional Ex - Vi editor and Visual Studio Live Share. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Traditional Ex - Vi editor

Traditional Ex - Vi editor

Development

The vi editor (short for visual editor) is a classic, ubiquitous text editor common to Unix-like systems. It has a modal, command-based interface, and supports extensive key bindings and scripting. It excels at text editing productivity once the user knows the commands.

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Visual Studio Live Share

Visual Studio Live Share

Development

Visual Studio Live Share is a Visual Studio extension that allows developers to collaborate on code in real time. It supports sharing a codebase, debugging together, sharing terminals, discussing via audio call, and viewing edits as they are typed.

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