Understanding general setup
In Chapter 5, Remote Pair Programming Setup, you read about the options for setting up your environment for remote pair programming. But before you use any of the techniques we will talk about in this chapter, it is important to consider the following questions so that your pair programming session turns out to be a success.
The following are some questions to consider before setting up your environment:
- What programming language (for example, C#, Rust, Java, C++)?
- What library versions (for example, JDK 8 or .NET 5)?
- What is the source control access?
- Which tools do we use for video and audio (for example, Zoom or Google Meet)?
- Which remote programming tools do we use (for example, CodeTogether or Floobits)?
Now, I want to remind you of my favorite remote pair programming setup. There are a few more aspects to this setup, all of which will be covered in the following checklists:
- Install the coding environment:
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