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Why does the Visual Studio Code editor launch another terminal named code when I run javascript?

Everytime I run a javascript code, a new terminal gets created. I would so much prefer this not to happen and just make use of my default terminal which is PowerShell.
In a nutshell this is how my workspace has been configured:

{
    "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
        "PowerShell": {
            "source": "PowerShell",
            "icon": "terminal-powershell"
        },
        "Command Prompt": {
            "path": [
                "${env:windir}\Sysnative\cmd.exe",
                "${env:windir}\System32\cmd.exe"
            ],
            "args": [],
            "icon": "terminal-cmd"
        },
        "Git Bash": {
            "source": "Git Bash"
        },
        "Windows PowerShell": {
            "path": "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
        }    
    "code-runner.runInTerminal": true,
    "code-runner.clearPreviousOutput": false,
    "code-runner.executorMap": {
        "javascript": "node",
        "java": "cd $dir && javac $fileName && java $fileNameWithoutExt",
        "c": "cd $dir && gcc $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "cpp": "cd $dir && g++ $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
    }
}

What I tried is;

{
    "code-runner.executorMap": {
        "javascript": "node",
        "java": "cd $dir && javac $fileName && java $fileNameWithoutExt",
        "c": "clear; cd $dir && gcc $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "cpp": "clear; cd $dir && g++ $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
    }
}

I expected the code to work with my default terminal PowerShell but it still created another terminal named code.

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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    Found my answer on this; In VSCode, Python debugger launches a new Terminal every time I debug

    It was made for python but also worked for me. I need a launch.json file with the configurations as below;

    {
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "node",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "Javascript: new1.js",
            "skipFiles": [
                "<node_internals>/**"
            ],
            "program": "${file}",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "args": ["&&", "exit"]
        }
    ]
}

    Hope this helps the next javascript user.


  2. 0

    It looks like you are using the Code Runner extension in Visual Studio Code, and you want to run JavaScript code in your default PowerShell terminal instead of creating a new terminal named "code."

    You can achieve this by configuring the Code Runner extension to run the code in the integrated terminal. Make sure the "code-runner.runInTerminal" setting is set to false. Also, you can remove the "code-runner.executorMap" configuration for JavaScript, as it’s not necessary to specify a custom executor for JavaScript.

    By setting "code-runner.runInTerminal": false, Code Runner should now execute JavaScript code in the integrated terminal instead of creating a new one.

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