Feature Request: Jupyter/IPython (IJulia) interactive REPL console instead of Julia REPL console

[StepanSushko]

I don't use jupyter notebooks (I don't like this mess, I prefer to split a code from results), but I'd like to use interactive console (IPython/IJulia), now I'm able to use IPython with Julia kernel with some drawbacks (no syntax highlighting):

So, I'd like to have Jupyter/IPython console as an option (default one?) for Julia script files (.jl), like I have it for Python script files (.py).

[RoyiAvital]

Is this basically supporting Julia in VS Code's Interactive Mode?

Can you achieve what you did with no Python files open?

[RoyiAvital]

@StepanSushko , Could you guide how did you achieve this?
I really miss VSCode's interactive mode when I work on Julia files.

[kylebutts]

I would really enjoy this feature as well! A plain python file, # %%, and the interactive notebook is my favorite part of using python.

It seems like discussion of supporting this from VSCode's side is here: microsoft/vscode-jupyter#273. I know you had preferences against it, but there's some support for this feature in that thread as well @davidanthoff.

Edit: I just learned that # %% is a viable code cell delimiter in .jl files (julia-vscode/docs#80)!

[StepanSushko]

@StepanSushko , Could you guide how did you achieve this? I really miss VSCode's interactive mode when I work on Julia files.

RoyiAvital, you don't need Python files to be open. Just switch language from Julia to Python in VSC (see screenshot) for any .jl file.

[RoyiAvital]

@StepanSushko , But if I switch I don't have the option to run the code.
I guess in your profile you have a Python engine with a linked iJulia kernel?