For developers in distress: Codementor’s on-demand help platform wants to be the Uber of coding

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by Sindy Cator on March 24, 2014 at 3:00 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, coding, Insider, software development

Junior developers stuck on a coding problem for hours will probably breathe a huge sigh of relief to hear they can get help instantly from experts with the click of a button — as that’s what Codementor is setting out to do. Codementor is a Techstars-backed startup based in Taiwan and San Francisco aimed at helping developers in distress. All developers need to do is post a request for help on one of more than 30 technical topics including Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, CSS/HTML, iOS and Android among others, then connect with an expert via screen sharing, video and text chat. If the…