Then clone the repo somewhere else on your machine, run npm install and open a development instance of Code. You can set up a development environment for debugging the extension during extension development.įirst make sure you do not have the extension installed in ~/.vscode/extensions.

exec to run a pre-built binary instead of building the current code in the program folder.

test to debug tests in the program folder.

debug to compile the contents of the program folder and launch under the debugger.

The program option can refer to a package folder to debug, or a file within that folder.

Once this is installed, go to the Code debug viewlet and select the configuration gear, placing the following in your launch.json: On OS X it requires creating a self-signed cert to sign the dlv binary. See the Installation Instructions for full details. To use the debugger, you must currently manually install delve. Go: Run tests in current file to run all tests in the current active document.Go: Run tests in current package to run all tests in the pacakge containing the active document.Go: Run test at cursor to run a test at the current cursor position in the active document.Go: Current GOPATH to see your currently configured GOPATH.Go: Add Import to add an import from the list of pacakges in your Go context.In addition to integrated editing features, the extension also provides several commands in the Command Palette for working with Go files: 'go.useCodeSnippetsOnFunctionSuggest': false, These can be set in user preferences ( cmd+, ) or workspace settings (. The following Visual Studio Code settings are available for the Go extension. Many of the Go tools work only on saved files, and error reporting will be more interactive with Auto Save turned on. Note : It is strongly encouraged to turn Auto Save on in Visual Studio Code ( File -> Auto Save ) when using this extension. See theToolssection below for more details. You should see Analysis Tools Missing in the bottom right, clicking this will offer to install all of the Go tooling needed for the extension to suppport it's full feature set. Open your GOPATH folder or any subfolder you want to work on, then open a. In a terminal window with the GOPATH environment variable set to the GOPATH you want to work on, launch code. In the command palette ( cmd-shift-p ) select Install Extension and choose Go. Debugging (using delve )įirst, you will need to install Visual Studio Code 0.10.Format (using goreturns or goimports or gofmt ).

Build-on-save (using go build and go test ).Workspace symbol search (using go-symbols ).Find References (using go-find-references ).This extension adds rich language support for the Go language to VS Code, including:

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