Setup Go development environment with vs code

[kdeng]

It is already a week now since I decided to develop a new GAE service in Go.

I am mainly using vscode instead of other IDEs, as I would like to learn how to set up Go development environment from scratch.

I am learning the things during my development work, so it slows down my development process, but I find it actually helps me to understand the concepts during the real situation, instead of following the tutorial as a robot.

I will keep adding comments on this issue, and I hope it can help someone like me, and receive some feedback if there is a better approach.

[kdeng]

Of course, in order to use Go in VS code, you need to install Go extension for VScode.

Also, I configure GOPATH and GOROOT as below.

export GOROOT=/usr/local/bin/go
export GOPATH="$HOME/go"

Also, installing following packages will enable IntelliSense for a variable according to issue.

go get -u -v github.com/nsf/gocode
go get -u -v github.com/rogpeppe/godef
go get -u -v github.com/golang/lint/golint
go get -u -v github.com/lukehoban/go-outline
go get -u -v sourcegraph.com/sqs/goreturns
go get -u -v golang.org/x/tools/cmd/gorename
go get -u -v github.com/tpng/gopkgs
go get -u -v github.com/newhook/go-symbols
go get -u -v golang.org/x/tools/cmd/guru

Also, I have set up USER SETTINGS of VS code to enable current workspace as a part of GOPATH.

{
    "go.docsTool": "gogetdoc",
    "go.buildOnSave": true,
    "go.lintOnSave": true,
    "go.vetOnSave": true,
    "go.buildTags": "",
    "go.buildFlags": [],
    "go.lintFlags": [],
    "go.vetFlags": [],
    "go.coverOnSave": false,
    "go.useCodeSnippetsOnFunctionSuggest": false,
    "go.formatOnSave": true,
    "go.formatTool": "goreturns",
    "go.goroot": "/usr/local/opt/go/libexec",
    "go.gopath": "/Users/kefeng.deng/go:${workspaceFolder}",
    "go.gocodeAutoBuild": false,
}

So, until now, you will be able to develop Go with VS Code.