7 ways to get more from Slack

Slack exploded onto the group chat scene almost three years ago, and if you’re a developer you've almost certainly come across it.

One reason for Slack’s popularity with developers -- as well as the wider community -- is that it's easy to sign in to Slack and use it anywhere, according to Adam Preset, Gartner's research director for digital workplace. "Using Slack is good in a rich client, using a web interface, and on a mobile device," he says. "It's not mobile first or desktop centric, and in a world where developers want to work anywhere that's very important."

The ability to communicate in persistent chat rooms or channels organized by topics or projects, or using private groups or messages, is the bread and butter of any group chat application. And Slack does all of that very well. But one thing that makes Slack particularly appealing to developers is the ability to integrate other applications into Slack.

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