Code running twice

[MrTinkerman]

Hi all,

My code is running twice. I did search and found a lot, but no definite answer.
This is so weird and I'm curious about what is happening.

I'm on win 10 using Thonny 4.1.3 on a XIAO ESP32-C3

My code:
print('hello')

The result is below, it runs twice, why?

Thanks.

SOLVED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
As I was making this post I did a final search and got this from Jul on StackOverflow:
on thonny click run- configure interpreter on that menu there will be a check box at the bottom (restart before running script) Untick the box

I decided to post anyway to possibly prevent headaches for folks running into this issue

[peterhinch]

Just FYI user code should not normally be put in boot.py. I don't use Thonny but from your description it sounds as if it's designed to run code in named files. If so, I would also avoid using main.py.

[MrTinkerman]

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into it.
But I'm curious, what IDE do you use for your uP programming?

[peterhinch]

I don't use an IDE. I use the official mpremote tool and my own fork of Dave Hylands' rshell.

I have no doubt that Thonny is a great tool for beginners but going on queries in here it's an extra layer of code that can cause confusion. As you have discovered.

[MrTinkerman]

Ah ok, well mpremote seems a bit beyond my skill level.
I'll go and do some research on other options.

Thanks