Install and Configure Go Env Via VSCode in Linux

0. Overview

Introduces the general Linux environment installation method of VSCode and the process of configuring a Go developer environment.

1. Installation

1.1. Download the executable file

Open the official website and download the corresponding tarball: download address

1.2. Unzip the executable file

1. [[email protected]]# tar -zxvf code-stable-x64-1602601238.tar.gz -C /opt/
2. [[email protected]]# chmod +x /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/code
3. [[email protected]]# ln -s /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/code /usr/local/bin/code

1.3. Start vscode

1. [[email protected]]# code

Figure 1：vscode open page

2. Configure Remote Developer

2.1. Install client plugin

Using：Ctrl + Shift + P open command tool，and execute following two commands:

1. [[email protected]]# ext install ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack
2. [[email protected]]# ext install ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack

2.2. Install server plugin

VSCode A variety of remote tools are supported, I chose the SSH method, in addition to SSH there are:

• Container
• Github Codespaces

Assume here that my remote machine is：10.0.63.154

1. [[email protected]]# ssh-copy-id [email protected] # Configure loginwith password

2.3. Connect remote machine

3. Install Go Develop Environment

3.1 Install Go Plugin

Using shortcut Ctrl + Shift + X to open the plugin page，and search Go plugin，then click install：

Figure 2：Install Go lang plugin

3.2 Install Go Tools

Open the command tools windows by shortcut Ctrl + Shift + P，Search “Go: Install/Update Tools”

Figure 3：Install Go Tools

And then select all，Click “OK” and then install：

Figure 4：Choose Go Tools

4. Debug Go Application by dlv

Now you can start configuring the Go debugging tools.

4.1 Configure file

Open the debugging tool via the shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + D and find the link inside：

Figure 5：Add debug configure

If you can’t find it，you can also open the .vscode directory below the root directory，and create a new file named：launch.json，wirte the following content into the file：

1. [[email protected]]# cat .vscode/launch.json
2. {
3. "version": "0.2.0",
4. "configurations": [
5. {
6. "name": "Launch",
7. "type": "go",
8. "request": "launch",
9. "mode": "auto",
10. "program": "${workspaceFolder}/apps/main.go",
11. "env": {
12. "env":"test"
13. },
14. "": "envFile\": \"${workspaceFolder}/.env",
15. "args": []
16. }
17. ]
18. }

Now, you have finish your configure。

4.2 Add breakpoint

It’s so easy to add the breakpoint，just click you mouse near the code line：

Figure 6：Add breakpoint

4.3 Begin debug

You can start to debug you code via shortcut F5，and can also open the debug window and click Run button to debug：

Figure 7：Debug Code

Then, after stopping at the breakpoint, you can choose whether to step or skip：

Figure 8：Debug method

5. Frequent shortcuts

5.1 Direct shortcut

• Ctrl + Shift + X：Open plugin window
• Ctrl + Shift + P：Open command window
• Ctrl + Shift + D：Open debug window

5.2 Shortcut plugins

• Add tag for struct fields

Figure 9：Autofill struct fields

• auto fill struct fields

  • go get -u github.com/davidrjenni/reftools/cmd/fillstruct