build VS Code extension on top of this?

derhuerst / local-network-chat

A chat for the local network, powered by IP multicast.

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Open improve100 opened 4 years ago

derhuerst commented 4 years ago

That would work, but keep in mind that local-network-chat is just a barebones demonstration on how to send data via multicast:

You won't see previous messages after joining the chat.
It does not have a fallback for networks where multicast traffic is being blocked.

Would the UI be a VSCode-native one? In this case, local-network-chat is barely more than a few lines using multicast-channel & really-basic-chat-ui.

derhuerst commented 4 years ago

In any case, it would be cool to have a local-network chat in VSCode!

improve100 commented 4 years ago

If it can be achieved, this tool will definitely be familiar to everyone and continue to improve. then more and more popular.