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For me the major remaining issue is a golang ide, or lack thereof. You only have 3 options: - Goland from Jetbrains; awesome but costly - Vscode with golang p

For me the major remaining issue is a golang ide, or lack thereof. You only have 3 options: - Goland from Jetbrains; awesome but costly - Vscode with golang plugin; slow, brittle, little functionality -vim; yuck It'd help adoption greatly if there was a decent free option here.

ulzeraj 5y ago
I love vim. =( Its there everywhere you need it. If I have to use these other fancy pants editors I always enable vim emulation when possible but its never the same.
- gigatexal 5y ago
  Yeah vim plus govim amazing.
haolez 5y ago
One of Go's creator did a lot of the initial coding in Acme[0] :D [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_(text_editor)
- ainar-g 5y ago
  Something tells me that a person who reacts to Vim with a “yuck!” won't like Acme either. Also, I don't know how true this is, but I've read that Acme loses some of its advantages when it's run in e.g. X11 as opposed to its native rio[1] with plumber[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_(windowing_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_(windowing_system) [2]: https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man4/plumber.html https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man4/plumber.html
  - haolez 5y ago
    I _think_ that Rob used Acme in OSX, but I can't find this source.
    - jd3 5y ago
      https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/ https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/
- pjmlp 5y ago
  Well, he is also the author, and ACME is even worse than classical VI, in terms of usability. The only thing it has going for it is being based on Oberon's UI workflows.
  - bear8642 5y ago
    Could you expand this? Quite like Acme and wondered what you don't like about it
    - pjmlp 5y ago
      Lack of syntax highlighting for one, not being even half as powerfull as Emacs as second.
- spf13 5y ago
  A couple of the Go authors did a lot of the initial coding and continue to code in Acme (rsc, r). The broader Go team use a wider variety: Vim, Emacs, Goland, and VSCode are the most popular from what I've seen.
renewiltord 5y ago
Goland is really good. I think the $249 or whatever for all the IntelliJ products is really good value for money.
volkk 5y ago
considering i've spent hundreds of dollars on utter bullshit, i think buying jetbrains products is well worth the money. they're fantastic and worth every penny. i'm thankful my company has licenses, but i would still pay them
morelisp 5y ago
What are the key features from GoLand you find missing in VS Code? (I don't use either, but from what I have seen anything gopls-backed is roughly the same same as VS Code, and this is already much more than I need/want.) The only GoLand feature I've seen that I'm envious of is the mode for editing template files - and even this breaks down quickly once you leave the HTML plane.
lenkite 5y ago
vim with the vim-go pluugin is pretty good, fast and free. Maybe you should give it a try.

ulzeraj 5y ago

I love vim. =( Its there everywhere you need it. If I have to use these other fancy pants editors I always enable vim emulation when possible but its never the same.

gigatexal 5y ago
Yeah vim plus govim amazing.

haolez 5y ago

One of Go's creator did a lot of the initial coding in Acme[0] :D [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_(text_editor)

ainar-g 5y ago
Something tells me that a person who reacts to Vim with a “yuck!” won't like Acme either. Also, I don't know how true this is, but I've read that Acme loses some of its advantages when it's run in e.g. X11 as opposed to its native rio[1] with plumber[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_(windowing_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_(windowing_system) [2]: https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man4/plumber.html https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man4/plumber.html
- haolez 5y ago
  I _think_ that Rob used Acme in OSX, but I can't find this source.
  - jd3 5y ago
    https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/ https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/
pjmlp 5y ago
Well, he is also the author, and ACME is even worse than classical VI, in terms of usability. The only thing it has going for it is being based on Oberon's UI workflows.
- bear8642 5y ago
  Could you expand this? Quite like Acme and wondered what you don't like about it
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    Lack of syntax highlighting for one, not being even half as powerfull as Emacs as second.
spf13 5y ago
A couple of the Go authors did a lot of the initial coding and continue to code in Acme (rsc, r). The broader Go team use a wider variety: Vim, Emacs, Goland, and VSCode are the most popular from what I've seen.

renewiltord 5y ago

Goland is really good. I think the $249 or whatever for all the IntelliJ products is really good value for money.

volkk 5y ago

considering i've spent hundreds of dollars on utter bullshit, i think buying jetbrains products is well worth the money. they're fantastic and worth every penny. i'm thankful my company has licenses, but i would still pay them

morelisp 5y ago

What are the key features from GoLand you find missing in VS Code? (I don't use either, but from what I have seen anything gopls-backed is roughly the same same as VS Code, and this is already much more than I need/want.) The only GoLand feature I've seen that I'm envious of is the mode for editing template files - and even this breaks down quickly once you leave the HTML plane.

lenkite 5y ago

vim with the vim-go pluugin is pretty good, fast and free. Maybe you should give it a try.