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<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2>

<p>
  This document lists commonly used editor plugins and IDEs from the Go ecosystem
  that make Go development more productive and seamless.
  A comprehensive list of editor support and IDEs for Go development is available at
  <a href="http://golang.org/wiki/IDEsAndTextEditorPlugins">the wiki</a>.
</p>

<h2 id="options">Options</h2>
<p>
The Go ecosystem provides a variety of editor plugins and IDEs to enhance your day-to-day
editing, navigation, testing, and debugging experience.
</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/fatih/vim-go">vim</a>: vim-go plugin provides Go programming language support</li>
<li><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lukehoban.Go">Visual Studio Code</a>:
Go extension provides support for the Go programming language</li>
<li><a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/go">GoLand</a>: GoLand is distributed either as a standalone IDE
or as a plugin for IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate</li>
<li><a href="https://atom.io/packages/go-plus">Atom</a>: Go-Plus is an Atom package that provides enhanced Go support</li>
</ul>

<p>
Note that these are only a few top solutions; a more comphensive
community-maintained list of
<a href="https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/IDEsAndTextEditorPlugins">IDEs and text editor plugins</a>
is available at the Wiki.
</p>

<p>
Each development environment integrates a number of Go-specific tools.
The following feature matrix lists and compares the most significant features.
</p>

<table class="features-matrix">
  <tr>
    <th></th>
    <th><img title="Vim Go" src="/doc/editors/vimgo.png"><br>vim</th>
    <th><img title="Visual Studio Code" src="/doc/editors/vscodego.png"><br>Visual Studio Code</th>
    <th><img title="GoLand" src="/doc/editors/goland.png"><br>GoLand</th>
    <th><img title="Go-Plus" src="/doc/editors/go-plus.png"><br>Atom</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="feature-row" colspan="5">Editing features</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Build and run from the editor/IDE</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Autocompletion of identifiers (variable, method, and function names)</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Type-aware autocompletion</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Rename identifiers</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Auto format, build, vet, and lint on save</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes<sup>1</sup></td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Auto insert import paths and remove unused on save</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes<sup>2</sup></td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Auto generate JSON, XML tags for struct fields</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="feature-row" colspan="5">Navigation features</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Display documentation inline, or open godoc in browser</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Switch between <code>*.go</code> and <code>*_test.go</code> file</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">No</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Jump to definition and referees</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Look up for interface implementations</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Search for callers and callees</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="feature-row" colspan="5">Testing and debugging features</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Debugger support</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes<sup>3</sup></td>

  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Run a single test case, all tests from file, or all tests from a package</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Auto generate tests for packages, files and identifiers</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Debug tests</td>
    <td class="no">No</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes<sup>3</sup></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Display test coverage</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
    <td class="yes">Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="download">
    <td></td>
    <td><a href="https://github.com/fatih/vim-go">Install</a></td>
    <td><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lukehoban.Go">Install</a></td>
    <td><a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/go">Install</a></td>
    <td><a href="https://atom.io/packages/go-plus">Install</a></td>
  </tr>
</table>

<p>
<sup>1</sup>Possible when enabled via Settings &gt; Go &gt; On Save, <code>go</code> <code>vet</code> and <code>golint</code> are available via plugins. Also runs tests on save if configured.
<br>
<sup>2</sup>Additionally, user input can disambiguate when two or more options are available.
<br>
<sup>3</sup>Available if the <a href="https://atom.io/packages/go-debug">go-debug</a> package is installed.
</p>

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