Go

Installation

brew install go

Analysis tools

• Analysis tools are installed at $GOPATH/bin where $GOPATH=~/go

• The vscode extension golang.go installs all the required tools automatically on the go path

• staticcheck

• gopkgs
• go-outline
• dlv

# Language Server from Google
go get -v "golang.org/x/tools/gopls"

# Linter
go get -v "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"

# Go debugger (Delve)
go get -v "github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv"

go get -v "github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/v2/cmd/gopkgs"
go get -v "github.com/ramya-rao-a/go-outline"

Packages

• Standard library packages: https://pkg.go.dev/std
• 3rd party packages: https://pkg.go.dev/

Running code

• Only a "main package" (with a "main function") can is self executable

# the filename doesn't matter as long as it is a "main package" with a "main function"
go run foo.go