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Sync sketch open in multiple places using web sockets

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Description

Nature of issue?
  • New feature request
New feature details:

If you have a sketch open in multiple tabs, whether it be the edit or the full screen views, if you edit the code in the edit view, the sketch does not update in the other tabs.

As discussed in #1234 comment, this could be handled in a variety of ways:

  • localStorage
  • serviceWorker
  • web sockets
  • ???

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the discussion in issue #1234, especially the linked comment, and compare the edit and full-screen views described here. The work is done when changes made in one open sketch view are reflected in the other tabs; no implementation files or tests are named in this issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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