# How to use Live Share

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## **Live Share**

Live Share is an extension made by Microsoft for VS Code for the purposes of furthering collaboration by allowing multiple people to edit and debug code in real time. In other words, multiple people can be working on the same file and can see code being typed live from their own computer no matter where they are. The functionality of Live Share isn’t just limited to typing code at the same time, it can also be used to share debugging sessions, terminal instances, localhost web apps, voice calls and even more. This tool, for the purposes of remote development, is almost invaluable as it allows group projects to function as if everyone working on the project is right next to each other. This functionality has many uses for both the workplace and school work, you can find some examples of this in the next section. An example of how Live Sharing appears while using it can be seen in the image below.\\

![Fig 1. Live Share Code as it appears while using it.](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/NtlEd8qw5SAUuSAAHWE4HE_9RG86aUbfxR41A3azH-AExA6TGaZuZKG-aaCyVRl1pJl3xeUweIWg-fANxFHKzeFURGFDq-axhpL5vy1ZJ5sYIb0Ivg_TJzhWWT_-YcdEOVddDFNm)

The functionality of Live Share isn’t just limited to typing code at the same time, it can also be used to share debugging sessions, terminal instances, localhost web apps, voice calls and even more. This tool, for the purposes of remote development, is almost invaluable as it allows group projects to function as if everyone working on the project is right next to each other. This functionality has many uses for both the workplace and school work, you can find some examples of this in the next section.&#x20;
