Executing code blocks with REPL workspace

[Nathan_Boyer]

@kealme

I’m using the latest release of VS Code.

VSCode automatically uses Revise.jl.

@mkitti

That makes most of this unnecessary during package development.

I wish it was unnecessary.

I think most people get around this limitation by working in the Main REPL module and only typing/executing full function calls defined in their package (Method 1 in this link), but that method doesn’t work very well if you need to test individual lines of your package code (rather than entire functions). Changing your REPL module is the only way I have found to do that.

I’m happy to be proven wrong and shown something simpler, but I’ve been asking about this for a long time, and no one has given me a good answer:

How to use VSCode and REPL to write and test a package?

I have gone through a multitude of tutorials now but still can’t seem to wrap my head around the basics of how to write and test a package as I go. I don’t understand the proper way to add my package and its dependencies to the REPL namespace or the proper way to juggle between the Main and MyPackage modules. I keep getting errors that variables, functions, or packages are undefined. I just want the simplest, foolproof workflow. Open MyPackage folder in VSCode made with PkgTemplates.jl. Start …