[ale] which way to GO - go programming IDE

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Adam,

I just wanted to say thanks for all this info you shared.  I've been 
tied up with other things this week and haven't been working on my GO 
development station.  However, I'm hoping to get back to it soon.  When 
I do, I'm going to re look at your email in detail and try to put some 
things into practice.  I appreciate your offer to help and intend to 
take you up on it.  I'm sure I'll have lots more questions.  8-)

Sincerely,

Ron

On 9/6/2012 11:21 AM, Adam Jimerson wrote:
> Hi Ron,
>
> I played some with the Golangide, it seems to work pretty well, IMO a 
> lot better than the Go plugin for Eclipse as you don't have all the 
> bloat of Eclipse (always a plus right? XD).  As for setting it up you 
> can download a precompiled version of it from 
> http://code.google.com/p/golangide/downloads/list installing is as 
> simple as extracting the tarball and placing it somewhere within your 
> path (personally I put in in /opt and symlinked the binary to /usr/bin).
>
> Nothing can take me from Vim though my fingers are just so use to it 
> that anything else is "broken", I even made SublimeText 2 more Vim 
> like just so I could use it.
>
> As for the Go plugins for Vim that adds syntax highlighting 
> and indentation guides for Vim, also flags areas where you have extra 
> whitespace which would get trimmed by "go fmt" anyways.  In the 
> version that shipped with Go1 it also adds new commands to Vim such as:
>
> :Fmt - Runs "go fmt ." and reloads the file, saves you from having to 
> exit Vim run it then relaunch Vim.
>
> :Import/:ImportAs - Adds a new package to your import list (package 
> importing is Java/Python like) in alphabetical order.  Go standard is 
> all imports should be alphabetical and if they are not go fmt will 
> rearrange your import order so that they are.  The Import As version 
> allows you to alias a package so you can say "import fmt package as 
> 'f'" then in your code you can refer to anything from that package as 
> "f.Println" instead of saying "fmt.Println" etc...
>
> :Drop - Removes a previously imported package, Go standard states no 
> unused code and this includes packages
>
> You also get access to the Go documentation from within Vim by moving 
> the cursor over the package and calling ":Godoc" this opens 
> the documentation for the package in a split in Vim so you can keep it 
> up while you code
>
> My tip to getting started working with Go in Vim would be:
> 1. Make use of the Go plugin it is as simple as adding
>
>   set rtp+=$GOROOT/misc/vim
>   filetype plugin indent on
>   syntax on
>
> to your ~/.vimrc and restarting vim
>
> 2. Use the "go get" command to install https://github.com/nsf/gocode 
> setting vim up to use this is fairly simple 
> https://github.com/nsf/gocode#vim-setup.  This will give you 
> the ability to use ommicomple with Go so you can type "fmt." and press 
> Ctrl + x Ctrl + o and see everything that package exports.
>
> Optional:
>
> 1. Install a plugin manager for Vim there are two distinct ones out there:
> https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
> https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen
>
> I prefer Vundle as it allows you to control the plugins via your vimrc 
> file
>
> 2. Install the Syntastic plugin for Vim 
> (https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic).  This plugin is useful for 
> pretty much any language, what it does is runs your code through a 
> test compile, syntax check, or execution redirecting output somewhere 
> like /dev/null and reports (and visually flags any errors that were 
> found in Vim/GVim.  You can also call :Errors to see a scrollable list 
> of errors in case there are a lot.
>
> If you have any Go/Vim/Go and Vim questions I am usually more than 
> willing to help people out.
>
> PS If you would like I can send you a stripped down version of my 
> vimrc file to kick start you, I have a lot of brutal things in my 
> config that could scare a Vim beginner such as not 
> allowing movement via the arrow key only via h, j, k, l keys and such
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) 
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com 
> <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Adam,
>
>     Thanks for the note. I looked at the links. This brings up some
>     more questions. The IDE you mentioned looks pretty cool. Have you
>     used it? Is there a good overview of how to set it up? In terms of
>     the VIM plugin, etc., what exactly does that do? I'm only
>     minimally familiar with VIM at this point. How would I learn how
>     to set that up in VIM and GVIM?
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Ron
>
>
>
>     Adam Jimerson <vendion at gmail.com <mailto:vendion at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         If you need/want a full IDE there is another option other than
>         Zeus: http://code.google.com/p/golangide/
>         As for the Eclipse plug-in I can't personally say any thing
>         about it as I don't use Eclipse but it seems to work.
>
>         If you would prefer to use a text editor Go
>         has official plugins for Vim [0] and Emacs [1], there is also
>         a plugin for Sublime Text 2 [2] if you like that.  All of
>         these require a 3rd party program to allow for auto-complete
>         [3] this is useful for dealing with packages and methods.
>
>         [0]: http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse#hg%2Fmisc%2Fvim
>         [1]: http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse#hg%2Fmisc%2Femacs
>         [2]: https://github.com/DisposaBoy/GoSublime
>         [3]: https://github.com/nsf/gocode
>
>
>         On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
>         <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com
>         <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>> wrote:
>
>             Hi guys,
>
>             Got a question about go programming. I'm planning to start
>             learning the GO programming language shortly after Leam
>             Hall convinced me to do that instead of Java. I'm wanting
>             to use an IDE, and am looking at various possibilities. I
>             know you can program with just a text editor, but I want
>             something which will allow me to manage full projects,
>             thus the IDE.
>
>             The only real things I've found that look comprehensive
>             and full featured are Zeus, a Windows program but can run
>             under Wine for ($90) and an Eclipse plugin ($0). The Zeus
>             system looks really impressive. I'm told that Eclipse is
>             very powerful too but that it has a steep learning curve.
>             It appears that the Eclipse plugin is very early in
>             development.
>
>             http://www.zeusedit.com/index.html
>             http://www.zeusedit.com/go.html
>             http://www.zeusedit.com/lookmain.html
>
>             Any thoughts?
>
>             Thanks in advance.
>
>             Sincerely,
>
>             Ron
>

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