vscode-code-runner vs vscode-project-manager

vscode-code-runner

Code Runner for Visual Studio Code (by formulahendry)

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vscode-project-manager

Project Manager Extension for Visual Studio Code (by alefragnani)

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vscode-code-runner		vscode-project-manager
	Project
4	Mentions	3
2,123	Stars	1,811
-	Growth	-
3.9	Activity	5.7
1 day ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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vscode-code-runner

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-code-runner. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-19.

How do I give user inputs in VS Code?
1 project | /r/learnprogramming | 28 Nov 2022

Seems to be a common problem, and the fix suggests always the same: https://github.com/formulahendry/vscode-code-runner/issues/91
Visual Studio on Mac - how to print "Hello World"?
1 project | /r/learnjavascript | 5 Oct 2021
Coderun: code runner CLI that can automatically detect run any languages
4 projects | /r/commandline | 19 Feb 2021

After a long time searching for something like a CLI's version Code Runner asking people on r/kakoune and still doesn't find it, I decided to create my own with only 8 lines of pure sh:
How to solve this issue
1 project | /r/vscode | 13 Jan 2021

The solution that solved this problem is in this link.

vscode-project-manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-project-manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-02.

Project Manager VSCode Extension
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 30 Mar 2022
Show HN: Project Manager VSCode Extension
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2022
How do yo manage project switching?
4 projects | /r/neovim | 2 Jun 2021

I am using vscode-project-manager in which you explicitly set your project directories like:

What are some alternatives?

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vscode-auto-rename-tag - Automatically rename paired HTML/XML tag