When executing the debugging program in the VSCode environment, pressing the restart button requires re-downloading the program each time.

[odin huang]

Hi,

I execute the compiled program under VSCode. After the program is executed, I press the restart button and find that it will re-download the program every time, which is very time-consuming.

If I monitor RTT at the same time, it will take more time. Longer, I wonder if it is possible to restart the program without changing the program without re-downloading the program? Then directly enter the debug mode state.

Because this is too slow compared to SEGGER Embedded Studio for ARM environment or Keil uVision!

[IvanR]

You can  try 

nrfjprog --reset

For myself I made a couple of additional tasks for VS code

{
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "ReBoot NRF53 via USB",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "nrfjprog --reset",
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "options": {
        "shell": {
          "executable": "powershell.exe",
          "args": [
            "-Command"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
      {
        "label": "Erase All - NRF53 via USB",
        "type": "shell",
        "command": "nrfjprog --eraseall -f nrf53",
        "problemMatcher": [],
        "options": {
          "shell": {
            "executable": "powershell.exe",
            "args": [
              "-Command"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
  ]
}