What’s Next?

You’ve learned how to collaboratively edit source code with a pair-programming partner using a robust integrated development environment. That’s great if you like the powerful features of an IDE and still want the collaborative features of tmux. It’s also great when your connection is volatile—the conflict-resolution algorithm behind Saros ensures that you won’t spend all of your time reconnecting. You can even continue to work if you go offline for a bit.

Saros is the most robust collaborative editing environment we could ask for. But you might find that an IDE like Eclipse is too heavy for your tastes—especially when you’re working on smaller tasks. That’s when any of the alternative IDE tools listed here might be a better solution: ...

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