You can get this EAP build through the Toolbox App, by downloading it from the website, by using a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from right inside GoLand by selecting “Automatically check updates for Early Access Program” in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates. The EAP builds are free to use, but they expire within 30 days of the build date. Download GoLand 2020.2 EAP #1 Also, don’t forget that we regularly release nightly builds based on the latest development code. You can use these nightly builds to get access to the latest features without ha

The third build in the GoLand Early Access Program is out! You can get this EAP build through the Toolbox App, by downloading it from the website, by using a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from right inside GoLand by selecting Automatically check updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates. Download GoLand 2020.2 EAP #3 Don’t forget that we regularly release nightly builds based on the latest development code. You can use these nightly builds to get access to the latest features without having to wait for the official E

During our recent webinar, we shared over 40 GoLand tips & tricks that you can use to boost your productivity with the IDE. Here's the summary of the presentation and all the tips shown: 00:00:18 - Organize projects in IDE 00:01:13 - Hide/Show Editor tabs 00:01:44 - Using the Zen Mode 00:02:09 - Show/hide the Project View Tool Window 00:02:24 - Use the Navigation Bar 00:03:04 - Import a package without typing its name 00:03:43 - Smart Type Completion 00:04:34 - Postfix Completion 00:05:43 - Method-like Completion (more…)

GoLand 2020.2 EAP starts today! We are aiming to pack this release with initial support for Go 1.15, polished and expanded Go Modules support, new code editing features, and much more. You can find a detailed description of what’s to come in the roadmap blog post for 2020.2. Get the first EAP build via the Toolbox App, download from our website, or use a snap package (for Ubuntu). Or, right in GoLand, select Automatically check updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates. Download GoLand 2020.2 EAP #1 In case you’re not fa

Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL as it's commonly known, allows Windows 10 to run Linux inside Windows. We are going to have a look at WSL 1 since, as of the publishing of this article, WSL 2 is not officially released yet. After installing WSL 1, and enabling your preferred Linux distribution on it, you can set up Go as you would on a normal Linux installation. You should also install Go for Windows since the IDE will still run on the Windows side of things. With these two Go installations in place, some additional configuration is needed. Make sure to point the GOPATH both in Window

This is the last part of our series on running a Go service using Docker, Docker Compose, or Kubernetes. In this part, we'll focus exclusively on running and debugging when using Kubernetes clusters. While we won't cover how to install and configure a Kubernetes cluster, a variety of tools, such as kubeadm, minikube, and microk8s, can all be used to achieve this. If you are on Windows, then Docker Desktop for Windows comes with built-in Kubernetes support. If you instead plan to use a platform that is based on ARM chips, like the Raspberry Pi 4, then you can use something like k3s to get st

Today we’ll be continuing our series on how to use Docker to run and debug Go applications. In this post, we'll use Docker Compose to run and debug our application. For this article, we’ll be using the source code here and we’ll switch to the compose branch before we start. Running Go applications using Docker Compose Let's start with running the application using Docker Compose. (more…)

Today, I'm happy to announce that GoLand 2020.1.2 is out and ready to be downloaded. You can update to 2020.1.2 by: downloading it from the website. updating via the Toolbox App. applying a patch to 2020.1.1 (from inside the IDE, go to Help | Check for Updates). or using a snap package for Ubuntu. Download GoLand 2020.1.2 So, what makes the 2020.1.2 release worth taking the time to upgrade to? (more…)

In the previous article of this series, we discussed how to get started using Docker to run our Go applications. Today, we’ll take a look at how to debug a Go application that runs inside a container. Creating the Dockerfile for debugging Using the same repository that we used in the last article, we can switch our branch to the debug branch. (more…)

Today we start a miniseries of articles about the support inside GoLand for Docker, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes and how it can help us write (micro-)services in Go. We’ll look at how to configure the project in the IDE, how to use either Docker or Kubernetes to run or debug our project, and how to connect the project to our database of choice, PostgreSQL. Let's start with a presentation of the normal Docker workflow, then we’ll build our container and run it. (more…)

GoLand 2020.1 brings a lot of new features to Go Modules support, and today we'll take a look at them and learn how to use them to maximize our productivity. We'll cover: Go Environment Variables Improved Vendoring support Completion in go.mod for require statements Completion in go.mod for replace statements Detect local paths in replace statements when committing Rename and Move refactoring aware replace statements Find Usages of a folder will show applicable replace statements Cleanup go.mod Before we continue, you might be interested in our series of blog posts on G

Releasing this Beta means our Early Access Program is approaching the home stretch. We’ve stopped adding new features and are focusing on polishing everything. The Beta is quite stable in comparison to our Early Access Program builds, but keep in mind there may still be some rough spots here and there. Please note that this Beta build is the last build in the EAP train that does not require a subscription to use (if you are just looking to give GoLand a try). Betas are usually followed by a Release Candidate once we see that the build is good enough and that it’s ready to be installe