# Simple IDE
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638
**Category:** Tooling
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [March 28, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638 "2022-03-28T22:00:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@gitboy16](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gitboy16)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/1 "2022-03-28T22:00:16Z")
Hi,
I am curently using Julia on windows. I am looking for a very simple IDE that just runs a line of code and move to the next line. That is all I need. No need for debugger, language server, real time “feedback”…etc. I have tried Julia extension for VSCode which (for me) is a total disaster, is full of bugs and consume to much space and memory.
The “best” solution I found so far is RStudio, that I use by simply pressing Ctrl+Alt+Enter to run code lines directly in the terminal and move automatically to the next line. The issue is that I don’t have julia syntax highlighting which makes the code painful to read.
Question: is there a easy way to configure VSCode to do the same thing? (I don’t need anything else just that “basic” action)
If anyone has another IDE to suggest please do.
I really need something simple without all the fancy buttons and noisy features all around, i.e. simple text editor that can send code to a terminal…
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@stephenll](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stephenll)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/2 "2022-03-28T22:18:05Z")
I use Sublime Text with the Julia, SendCode and Terminus plug-ins on MacOS and Windows. Not that the Julia extension for VSCode isn’t any good, I just prefer the Sublime Text and a command line workflow. Although I may just start using VSCode when I need to use the integrated profiler.
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### Author:  [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/3 "2022-03-28T22:20:23Z")
> [@gitboy16](#):
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> is full of bugs
Please file bugs reports for those, that is the best way to help us make it better!
> [@gitboy16](#):
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> consume to much space and memory
We could think about a setting to disable the language server… A lot of things wouldn’t work, but that would completely take care of the memory requirements and I can see that some users might prefer that.
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### Author:  [@gitboy16](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gitboy16)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/4 "2022-03-29T09:48:17Z")
Thank you. That works well and is all I needed.
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### Author:  [@gitboy16](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gitboy16)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/5 "2022-03-29T09:57:17Z")
Plenty of issues already open…
My main killer is that it simply does not work with the package DotNET.jl. An issue has been opened. I don’t know whether the issue is coming from DotNET or the julia vscode extension but I can’t use it in my workflow. The package works perfectly well in the windows terminal. If you consider an option which fills my most basic (and only) need I might consider coming back to vscode. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/6 "2022-03-29T09:58:38Z")
You might also be interested in [Terminal Polyglot - Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=haberdashPI.terminal-polyglot) if all you want is to paste code into a REPL terminal.
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### Author:  [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/7 "2022-03-29T10:18:58Z")
> [@davidanthoff](#):
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> > [@gitboy16](#):
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> > is full of bugs
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> Please file bugs reports for those
Until then, filed and fixed, you can look into Juno. I actually believed VS Code to be rather good. And Juno, I’ve also used. Juno had one advantage I liked, that may be already integrated into VS Code. I haven’t used neither in a while (and never e.g. debuggers in either), just know Juno is now in maintenance-mode (because of upstream no longer supporting), and the guys behind its extension, joined forces with VS Code, so don’t expect any fixes/more features in Juno (but it worked well for me).
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### Author:  [@gitboy16](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gitboy16)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638/8 "2022-03-29T10:34:54Z")
Thanks @pfitzseb , that is actually perfect and easier to setup vs sublimetext. Very good!