| An overview of tools that will help improve your Go code |
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| ## All-in-one |
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| - [gometalinter](https://github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter) - Automates the installation, configuration and application of `gofmt`, `golint`, `govet` and several other code validation tools. |
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| ## Code Formatting |
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| ### Articles |
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| - [Formatting Go Code with gofmt](http://golangtutorials.blogspot.com/2011/06/formatting-go-code-with-gofmt.html) |
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| ### Tools |
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| - [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/) - Start with the standard Go code formatter |
| - [golint](https://github.com/golang/lint) - Detects style mistakes in Go code |
| - [goimports](https://github.com/bradfitz/goimports) - Format code and fix your import statements |
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| ## Code generation, Templating and Generics |
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| - [json-to-go](https://mholt.github.io/json-to-go/) - Generate Go structs from JSON. |
| - [Go gen](http://clipperhouse.github.io/gen/) - Type-driven code generation (generics) |
| - [gojson](https://github.com/ChimeraCoder/gojson) - Another Go struct generator. |
| - [gonerics.io](http://bouk.co/blog/idiomatic-generics-in-go/) - Idiomatic Generics in Go |
| - [gotemplate](https://github.com/ncw/gotemplate) - Package-based templating system for Go |
| - [sqlgen](https://github.com/drone/sqlgen) - Generate Go code for SQL interactions. |
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| ## Refactoring |
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| ### Articles |
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| - [Refactoring with go fmt](http://spf13.com/post/go-fmt/) |
| - [gorename - easy refactoring](https://texlution.com/post/gorename/) |
| - [Refectoring Tools](http://blog.ralch.com/tutorial/golang-tools-refactoring/) - An overview of refactoring tools for Go. |
| - [Quick renaming with gofmt](http://technosophos.com/2015/09/26/quick-go-hack-renaming-structs.html) |
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| ### Tools |
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| - [eg](https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/eg) - Example-based refactoring tool for Go |
| - [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/) - Start with the standard Go code formatter |
| - [gorename](https://golang.org/x/tools/refactor/rename) - Renaming tool for Go |
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| ## Error Detection |
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| ### Articles |
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| - [Go Inspection Tools](http://blog.ralch.com/tutorial/golang-tools-inspection/) - An overview of tools for Go code inspection. |
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| ### Tools |
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| - [AlignCheck, StructCheck, VarCheck](https://github.com/opennota/check/) - A suite of tools for checking your code. |
| - [errcheck](https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck) - Ensure you check your error conditions. |
| - [go vet](http://golang.org/cmd/vet/) - Read this first on how to use the `go vet` command. |
| - [SafeSQL](https://github.com/stripe/safesql) - Protect against unsafe SQL in your code. |
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| ## Navigation |
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| - [go oracle - user manual](http://golang.org/s/oracle-user-manual) - A tool for understanding Go code |
| - [Pythia](https://github.com/fzipp/pythia) - A browser-based UI for the Go Oracle. |
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| ## Visualization |
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| - [godegraph](http://github.com/kisielk/godepgraph) - A tool for generating dependency graphs of Go code. |
