Windows 10, VS Code, Workflow?

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Hey everybody, just curious if there’s a better way to develop Haskell on Windows?

Current workflow:

  • Open VS Code with Haskell Language server extension:
  • Write code, write down fullPathToFile
  • Open command prompt
  • Run command: ghci -w “fullPathToFile”
  • Run module name, see if there were errors, rinse and repeat

I’m thinking there has to be a way to compile and run in VS Code.

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Hi, vscode should show you any error or warning in the editor itself without having to open a repl session if you dont want to, so maybe it is not working correctly.
It also should let available other interesting features, you can see a list with demos here: Features — haskell-language-server 1.3.0 documentation

If it is not working for you, please, follow those steps to recollect info and open an issue in the hls repo.

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Should this be the case even without a cabal or stack project setup? My impression is that OP isn’t using either (although I could be mistaken).

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yeah it works for standalone files too, in that case it only needs to have GHC available in PATH