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Skype’s newest feature will make engineering teams very happy
Skype’s newest feature will make engineering teams very happy
Microsoft is https://blogs.skype.com/tips/2017/08/25/how-to-have-technical-and-coding-interviews-over-skype/ a really cool feature for Skype today. The company is adding a brand-new code editor to Skype, which will enable users to code in real-time with others while in a call. Skype’s code editor supports 7 languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby. The code editor will include syntax highlighting for all of these programming languages, and it’ll also include a real-time execution feature.
Microsoft is interestingly marketing the feature towards interviewers who need to test candidate’s engineering and coding abilities. However, the feature could be used in so many other ways, including being able to write a simple program live with your colleague or friend. The feature also isn’t available on Skype desktop as of yet, and users will only be able to use it through Skype on the web if they are on Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
Skype only recently started https://mspoweruser.com/skype-preview-comes-desktop-windows-7-mac/ for Windows and Mac, which is built on web technologies such as Electron. So the real-time coding editor will likely get added to the modern desktop app in the near-future.
You can checkouthttps://www.skype.com/interviews
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Just a quick comment, more about the source. I don't think it's ideal posting 3rd party content, especially when it's unattributed. The guys in this example, at MSPoweruser (though one of the links does to point to the site admittedly) probably won't appreciate it and could complain (on copyright grounds), though it's probably unlikely.
A better approach, if still posting content like this, would be to quote an extract and then link to the original article, even better if it's accompanied by some original content, opinion or question etc. The original Microsoft source probably would have sufficed.
Anyway, no biggie, just thought I'd mention this! To stay on topic, I agree with AlexanderHolmeset this would be an interesting addition to Skype for Business.
Interesting. Would be cool if they got this feature on Skype for Business, and that they find a way to implement PowerShell support.
