CoEditing in Eclipse Che 7

Today, distributed software development teams depend on online collaboration more than ever. The ongoing pandemic Covid-19 has enforced self-quarantine for millions of people around the world. The opportunity and requirements for telework and online collaboration arise. This collaboration can be used for various purposes such as mentoring sessions, code reviews, and co-editing. In Eclipse Che 6 and GWT editor, Teletype libraries were integrated to bring live collaboration capabilities. However, Che 7 and Theia IDE lack those capabilities. In previous work, I developed a VS Code extension which enables users to join the portal launched from an Atom editor. More work and research is required on this extension to bring collaboration capabilities in Che 7.