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Ko Takagi
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How to setup Golang with VSCode

#go #vscode

I have used Golang some years ago, but unfortunately I hadn't tried to do it in a long time and had forgotten all about it....

So I set it up from the beginning with a fresh mind.😊

The environment I used is as follows.

  • macOS Catalina 10.15.5
  • Visual Studio Code 1.46.1

Installing Go

Download and install Go from the following link.

Go

After the installation, open a terminal and check the version using the following command.



$ go version
go version go1.15.2 darwin/amd64
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Create directory for GOPATH setting.



$ mkdir ~/go
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For GOPATH envirionment variable, add the following lines to the ~/.bash_profile.



export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
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Installing Visual Studio Code

Download and install VSCode from the following link.

After the installation, Launch VSCode.

Open the Extensions Marketplace (Cmd+Shift+X), search Go and install it.

Go extension

open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) and run the Go: Install/Update Tools command.

Go extensions

Install all the Go extensions listed there.

Go extensions

Start coding

Create hello.go in VSCode.



package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, world!")
}
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By default, auto-completion and formatting for code saving are enabled. That's great.

auto-completion

Open a terminal (Ctrl+`) and execute the following command.



$ go run hello.go 
Hello, world!
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Have fun!👍

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Jamie Jamieson •

Thank you! Easy start for me

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Ko Takagi •

You're welcome!

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Pedro Massango •

Thanks for saving me today. I already spent 3h on this

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Laurin Quast •

Exactly what I needed 🚀

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Ko Takagi •

Thanks! 😊

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Aman Gautam •

Great Articles!

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xleki •

How do I have the little play button in the top right like in python

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NikosSp •

all good, but I have no curly lines error highlighting. anyway to fix this?

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Mauro Franchini •

Thanks! Fast and straight forward.

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Omokefe Ovie David •

Thanks, this helps

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Mike •

Thanks bro, I`m got tangled up in folders and couldn't start studying

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velbie •

Thank you Takagi!

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Ko Takagi •

Thanks! 👍

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