Comment by embedding-shape
3 hours ago
Programming projects frequently feature scripts for building and packaging said projects, those have to be run somehow.
Bundling running those into the editor seems like the mad part to me, but I've missed the whole VSCode train so probably something I'm missing.
The grand parent is talking about code execution can happen by just opening the directory, you’re imagining like I did (and the grandparent) that you have to run or execute something in VSC to get that to happen and I’m asking about what features could possibly require this to happen. Obviously running tests or a make file everyone understands clearly you’re executing other people’s code.
It’s not even running tests. Test extensions usually have to run something to even populate the tests panel in my first place and provide the ability to run à la carte. Thus opening a folder will cause the test collector binary to run.
They could ask and/or parse the tests for the information rather than run them to output it. I’m honestly still not seeing a killer feature here that makes the security implications worth it!