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Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by Someone1234 »

rhodysurf wrote: post #19
minionslave wrote: post #10

I've never programmed in Go before. Coming from a C# background. Can someone tell me, how does Go feel? Is is pleasant to work in, or is it tricky like C.

Its a a very simplistic language. Coming from C# there is no inheritance, only composition. Types are super strict too which can be a pain in the ass (especially cuz you cant add things like an int32 and an int64 together). Its nice once you are used to it though.

> especially cuz you cant add things like an int32 and an int64 together

Which in some ways makes a lot of sense, in particular if you want to avoid "undefined behaviour" or just behaviour which is subtle.

For example: If I add a uint32 and a uint64, what is the format of the result? What about uint64 and int32? Which of those is "larger?"

And that's just the least bad example, with two float-formats you can lose precision is strange ways.

So I think go forcing the programmer to be specific is painful in the short term but helpful in the medium to long term. Bugs should go down and maintainability up.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by lukehoban »

swah wrote: post #26
pkaye wrote: post #8

I like VS Code a lot. It is cross platform and not too heavy. It has a lot of the modern features and look/feel. Don't have to load 50 million plugins to get something reasonable working. I've pretty much stopped using vim/emacs/notepad++ and numerous other editors though occasionally I use vim because I'm on a ssh connection. To me it seems the right balance between complexity and simplicity.

What is it, though? "Build and debug modern web and cloud applications." Is it like Atom (built on top of a browser)?

VS Code aims to be a modern style of editor - lighterweight and more code-focused than an IDE, but with many of the richer capabilities of an IDE offered in context inside the editor. Atom is similar in spirit.

Both Code and Atom are built on Electron[0] which hosts libchromiumcontent for rendering cross-platform desktop UI.

[0] http://electron.atom.io/

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by softawre »

melling wrote: post #23
schmichael wrote: post #14

We're a 100% Go shop and everyone on my team but me uses Visual Studio Code for Go. It's really amazing. (My mind has just been so corrupted by years of vim usage I'm trapped.) It's bizarre to think my team writes in a language created by Google in an editor created by Microsoft on System76 laptops running Ubuntu. Never would have been possible in the Gates or Ballmer eras.

Can anyone who uses Visual Studio Code compare its functionality to the native Visual Studio? I forgot about this project because it's seldom mentioned: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

Yeah. VSCode has infinitely more functionality on my macbook than VS does. :D

But seriously, if you're running Windows and have a VS license, use VS. Otherwise use VSCode.

VSCode is the best IDE for TypeScript. Some will point at atom, they are wrong.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by pionar »

swalsh wrote: post #22

Wait, does the debugger work now? The last time I picked up Visual Studio code with a C# core project I couldn't' get the debugger to work with dnx web

The debugger for C# works on Windows only (for now, since the Linux/OSX debuggers will need to use gdb or lldb). Debuggers for other languages are supported by extensions. For instance, there's a javascript and Typescript debugger built in.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by jamra »

jalude wrote: post #21
schmichael wrote: post #14

We're a 100% Go shop and everyone on my team but me uses Visual Studio Code for Go. It's really amazing. (My mind has just been so corrupted by years of vim usage I'm trapped.) It's bizarre to think my team writes in a language created by Google in an editor created by Microsoft on System76 laptops running Ubuntu. Never would have been possible in the Gates or Ballmer eras.

I want to start using Visual Studio Code but I am waiting for a VIM emulator plugin that is "good enough" have you tried any of them?

I tried one recently (2 months ago) and no it's not good enough.

The integrated debugger via delve is absolutely great.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by slammers »

jalude wrote: post #21
schmichael wrote: post #14

We're a 100% Go shop and everyone on my team but me uses Visual Studio Code for Go. It's really amazing. (My mind has just been so corrupted by years of vim usage I'm trapped.) It's bizarre to think my team writes in a language created by Google in an editor created by Microsoft on System76 laptops running Ubuntu. Never would have been possible in the Gates or Ballmer eras.

I want to start using Visual Studio Code but I am waiting for a VIM emulator plugin that is "good enough" have you tried any of them?

Recent issue discussing this - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3600

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by johnnycarcin »

jalude wrote: post #21
schmichael wrote: post #14

We're a 100% Go shop and everyone on my team but me uses Visual Studio Code for Go. It's really amazing. (My mind has just been so corrupted by years of vim usage I'm trapped.) It's bizarre to think my team writes in a language created by Google in an editor created by Microsoft on System76 laptops running Ubuntu. Never would have been possible in the Gates or Ballmer eras.

I want to start using Visual Studio Code but I am waiting for a VIM emulator plugin that is "good enough" have you tried any of them?

I am playing around with https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscodevi...

It has most of the basic stuff working. I will admit that with the auto complete and what not it isn't quite like my native vim experience. I have actually been thinking about disabling it and just trying to learn the VScode short cuts.

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