Recommended Plugin for Visual Studio Code

[Franky123]

What is your recommendation for a working and stable MicroPython plugin for Visual Studio Code on Windows 10?

I tried the Pymakr plugin, but it does not work, it does not recognize any serial ports, I only get the message Found 0 serialports.
But my ESP32 module itself works, I can access the REPL via a terminal program or with Thonny.

But I would like to use Visual Studio Code, because I have all the advantages there.
Thanks for all recommendations.

[Franky123]

To answer myself:
I recently had more success with the Pymakr Plugin for Visual Studio Code, the plugin works so far.

I reinstalled the Pymakr plugin and did not change anything in the default settings at first.
Then I searched for the corresponding COM port in the Windows Control Panel, which belongs to my ESP32 board.
Then I remembered the device description and switched back to Visual Studio Code.

Then I changed the manufacturer text of the virtual com port (in my case Silicon Labs) in the first line of the global json configuration file under autoconnect_comport_manufacturers, so this part of the json file looks like this now:

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"autoconnect_comport_manufacturers": [
    "Silicon Labs",
    "Pycom",
    "FTDI",
    "Microsoft",
    "Microchip Technology, Inc."
]

[cable134]

Another one hint.

If you have a UART converter with an empty manufacturer field like CH340,
add it as unknown manufacturer.

Please see below

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"autoconnect_comport_manufacturers": [
		"Silicon Labs",
		"Pycom",
		"Pycom Ltd.",
		"FTDI",
		"Microsoft",
		"Microchip Technology, Inc.",
		"Prolific Technology Inc.",
		"Unknown manufacturer"