Using Remix IDE as a Front End to Connect to Contracts Deployed in Hardhat Through VSCODE

[MattSampson1]

Hey everyone!

I am wondering if there is a convenient way to access Remix's front end functionality on smart contracts deployed in hardhat through vscode. I highly prefer to work only in my vscode environment but quickly testing a function in remix can be very helpful. Does anyone know about a convenient way to mesh the two so I am essentially deploying contracts through vscode that I can access using Remix's front end functionality or similar?

I have stumbled across remixd (https://remix-ide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/remixd.html) as a possible option but I ran into some problems getting it started. Do people still use this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[alymurtazamemon]

@MattSampson1 Remix is the most feasible way to build and test smart contracts, but if you want you can use a hardhat console to interact with smart contracts in vs code, but in this, you need to write commands in order to interact.

[MattSampson1]

Thanks so much for the response! So as far as you're aware there is no viable way to connect remix to a deployed hardhat contract to access the button functionality that remix conveniently allows? I essentially want to spin up a quick front end that allows me to interactively test my functions (as is done in remix via the "front end" buttons) instead of writing commands to interact with my smart contracts. Whether it be in remix or another alternative.

This is the functionality I am talking about:

Thanks again for taking the time to respond!

[MattSampson1]

For anyone curious in the future about this, I have found that the Ethereum Remix plugin in VSCODE has similar functionality to what I was looking for.