GoLand 2020.2.2 is out with a bunch of new fixes. You can update to 2020.2.2 by: Downloading it from the website. Updating via the Toolbox App. Applying a patch on top of 2020.2.1 or 2020.1.4 (go to Help | Check for Updates). Or using a snap package (for Ubuntu). Here are the main highlights of this build: — GO-8318 — GoLand now shows replaced module dependencies in External Libraries of the Project View better. All the replaced dependencies are explicitly marked with the (replaced) suffix in the Project View. If being replaced changed the version of the dependency, we show that right in the

GoLand is an IDE for Go that offers a lot of functionality out of the box, like refactorings, Go Modules support, working with Docker, etc. Some of that functionality is provided by bundled plugins, and you can add yet more functionality by installing additional plugins. There are over 2200 plugins available for GoLand which can be installed either via the dedicated plugins page or directly from the IDE via Settings/Preferences | Plugins in the Marketplace tab. Let's take a look at some of the coolest and most impressive among them. We'll start with some practical plugins. You can edit Protob

Today brings the release of GoLand 2020.2, and it’s already waiting to be installed on your machines. What's inside? New features for Go modules, better presentation of possible problems and weak places in your code, new code inspections, new code editing features, such as the long-awaited Add Caret Per Selected Line, references and navigation support for comments to make code easier to read, as well as the ability to configure wrapping for call arguments, function parameters, and composite literal elements. On top of that, we’ve added experimental support for generics (a.k.a. type parameters)

We love hearing from you! We love it so much that we never get tired of mentioning it in our blog posts, when answering support requests and in YouTrack tickets, in our Slack channel, and in replies to your questions on Twitter and Facebook. Your feedback is vital to us, and it definitely helps us improve. It allows us to identify issues and unpolished features faster. Even more importantly, it allows us to fix them promptly, adjust our plans for the upcoming releases, and more clearly understand the course we should follow to bring you more joy as you develop with GoLand. That’s why we’d lik

Hello, You can get this EAP build through the Toolbox App, by downloading it from the website, or by using a snap package (for Ubuntu). Or get it 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 #6 The EAP builds are free to use but expire within 30 days of the build date. 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 w

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…)

Hello, The GoLand Early Access Program is going smoothly and today I’m happy to announce the second EAP build. 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 #2 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 la

GoLand 2020.1.3 has been released, and it comes with a bunch of bug fixes for code inspections, the debugger, and more. You can update to 2020.1.3 by: Downloading it from the website. Updating via the Toolbox App. Applying a patch on top of 2020.1.2 (go to Help | Check for Updates). Or using a snap package (for Ubuntu). — GO-9293 — GoLand 2020.1.3 no longer warns you about calls of pointer methods when the return type is an alias of a pointer type. — GO-9316 — The Type compatibility check code inspection correctly handles interfaces that have overlapping methods, a feature t

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

What do you need to know about to master GoLand and become more effective? Does it have any unique configurations that can be used? What are the secrets to using the keyboard to maximize your efficiency? How can you avoid writing boilerplate code and navigate through your project faster? You’ll find the answers to all these questions in our webinar GoLand IDE: Tips and Tricks on June 4, 16:00 (CEST)! Learn how to get more from GoLand and use it more effectively to stay in the flow as long as possible. We’ll take you beyond the Save shortcut and focus on how to perform complex refacto

Last week we hosted our first webinar, with the theme of Go Microservices development in GoLand. It was great to see so many people attending, asking questions, and giving us their feedback. To that end, I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who participated, as well as to our JetBrains team that made this all possible. During the webinar, we promised to reply to as many questions as we can, and that's what we're doing in today's blog post. Here's a quick recap of the presentation: We used a basic "Hello World" application using net/http as a base project. We then deployed a

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…)

A month ago, we released GoLand 2020.1. Since then, we’ve had time to get your feedback, release a few bug-fix updates to polish the rough edges, and of course, discuss our future plans. For GoLand 2020.1, we stayed focused on the overall performance of the IDE (and we will continue to do so). Go Modules support was extended in many different ways, from code completion, refactorings, and navigation features in the go.mod file to the ability to configure the default values of environment variables using a new dialog. Besides that, we added many code-editing features that require little to no

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…)

How quickly can you build a microservice in Go? 1 week? 1 day? 1 hour? We invite you to join us at the webinar “Build a microservice with Go and GoLand” on May 12, 16:00 (CEST), to see how much time it takes! REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR We'll build a microservice from scratch that connects to a PostgreSQL database and is then deployed in a Kubernetes cluster. We'll use the GoLand IDE to help us create the microservice, write tests for it, refactor it to make it friendly for others to read, and assist with both the database and Kubernetes. We'll learn how to efficiently use refactor

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