2021.3

The third major release of the year is out!   In GoLand 2021.3 you’ll find native support for Go projects in WSL, the Inline Function refactoring, support for remote development (Beta), some improvements for the debugger, two new postfixes for converting strings to numbers, and more.   In addition, we have new features to offer for front-end web development and working with databases.  All the new functionality available in DataGrip and WebStorm is also available in GoLand. Check out DataGrip 2021.3 What’s New and WebStorm 2021.3 What’s New. To learn mo

GoLand 2021.3 Beta 2 is out.  You can get the build via the Toolbox App, download it from our website, use a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from inside the GoLand IDE select Check IDE updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates.   Download GoLand 2021.3 Beta 2 Improved error messages for debugging tests When you select a directory in a project tree and run Debug | go test ‘directoryName’, you will get a vague error.  It happens because, in this case, GoLand cre

GoLand 2021.3 has reached the Beta milestone! It means that we have stopped adding new features. During the next few weeks we will be fixing bugs and getting GoLand ready for the major release at the end of November.  This is the last build in the EAP cycle that does not require a subscription. The Beta version is more stable than EAP builds, but there still may be some bugs so keep that in mind.  What's new: Native support for Go projects in WSL gofmt on save by defaultInline Method and Inline FunctionBetter handling of name styles in struct tagsNew postfixes for s

GoLand 2021.3 EAP #6 is available.  You can get the EAP build via the Toolbox App, download it from our website, use a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from inside GoLand, select Check IDE updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates.   Download GoLand 2021.3 EAP #6 Type inference for generics Generics are coming to Go. Unless something changes drastically, type parameters will be available in Go 1.18, which should be released in February 2022.  We began working o

GoLand 2021.3 EAP #5 is available.  You can get the EAP build via the Toolbox App, download it from our website, use a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from inside GoLand, select Check IDE updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates.   Download GoLand 2021.3 EAP #5 A notification about gofmt on save In the third 2021.3 EAP build, we enabled gofmt on save by default. This option is called Reformat code and you can control it in Settings/Preferences | Tools | Actions on Sa

GoLand 2021.3 EAP #4 is out.  You can get the EAP build via the Toolbox App, download it from our website, use a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from inside GoLand, select Check IDE updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates.   Download GoLand 2021.3 EAP #4 Run targets: configure folders for sources and executables Starting from this build, you can give meaningful names to the remote machine’s folders where your project’s sources and executables are stored.  Pr

EAP build #3 for GoLand 2021.3 is here!  You can get the EAP build via the Toolbox App, download it from our website, use a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from inside GoLand, select Check IDE updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates.   Download GoLand 2021.3 EAP #3 gofmt on save enabled by default When you work in GoLand, your code is formatted by the IDE’s own formatter. There are also ways to enable Go’s formatter – gofmt – in the settings (you can read about them

The second build of the 2021.3 EAP is available for you to install.  You can get the EAP build via the Toolbox App, download it from our website, use a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from inside GoLand, select Check IDE updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates. Download GoLand 2021.3 EAP #2 Better representation of nil interfaces in the debugger  Go, like any other programming language, has some gotchas. One of them is nil interfaces.  Interfaces in Go have two c

Today we’re starting the third Early Access Program of the year! Earlier, we published a roadmap blog post about what’s to come in the 2021.3 release. If you’re interested, go check that out.  You can get the first EAP build via the Toolbox App, download it from our website, use a snap package (for Ubuntu), or from inside GoLand, select Check IDE updates for Early Access Program in Preferences / Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Updates. Download GoLand 2021.3 EAP #1 If you’re not familiar with our EAPs, here’s a brief overview:  EAP builds let