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| title: CodeTools |
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| An overview of tools that will help improve your Go code |
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| ## All-in-one |
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| - [golangci-lint](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint) - Fast linters runners for Go. Bundle of `gofmt`, `govet`, `errcheck`, `staticcheck`, `revive` and many other linters. Recommended by the original author to replace gometalinter (Drop-in replacement). |
| - DEPRECATED: [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](https://golangtutorials.blogspot.com/2011/06/formatting-go-code-with-gofmt.html) |
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| ### Tools |
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| - [air](https://github.com/air-verse/air) - Live reload for Go apps. |
| - [gofmt](https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/gofmt/) - Start with the standard Go code formatter. |
| - DEPRECATED: [golint](https://github.com/golang/lint) - Detects style mistakes in Go code. |
| - [staticcheck](https://staticcheck.io/) - Go programming language linter. |
| - [goimports](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports) - Format code and fix your import statements. |
| - [gofumpt](https://github.com/mvdan/gofumpt) - A stricter gofmt. |
| - [revive](https://github.com/mgechev/revive) - Fast, configurable, extensible, flexible, and beautiful linter for Go. |
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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](https://clipperhouse.com/gen/overview/) - Type-driven code generation (generics). |
| - [gojson](https://github.com/ChimeraCoder/gojson) - Another Go struct generator. |
| - [gotemplate](https://github.com/ncw/gotemplate) - Package-based templating system for Go. |
| - DEPRECATED: [sqlgen](https://github.com/drone/sqlgen) - Generate Go code for SQL interactions. |
| - [zek](https://github.com/miku/zek) - Generate Go struct from XML. |
| - [apidocgen](https://github.com/alovn/apidocgen) - Generate web apis markdown docs and mocks. |
| - [goaccessor](https://github.com/yujiachen-y/goaccessor) - Getters and setters generator. |
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| ## Refactoring |
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| ### Articles |
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| - [gorename - easy refactoring](https://texlution.com/post/gorename/) |
| - [Refactoring Tools](https://blog.ralch.com/articles/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://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/eg) - Example-based refactoring tool for Go. |
| - [gofmt](https://pkg.go.dev/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](https://blog.ralch.com/articles/golang-tools-inspection/) - An overview of tools for Go code inspection. |
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| ### Tools |
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| - [AlignCheck, StructCheck, VarCheck](https://gitlab.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](https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/vet/) - Read this first on how to use the `go vet` command. |
| - DEPRECATED: [SafeSQL](https://github.com/stripe/safesql) - Protect against unsafe SQL in your code (deprecated). |
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| ## Navigation |
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| - [Go Guru - User Manual](https://go.dev/s/using-guru) - A tool for understanding Go code. |
| - [Pythia](https://github.com/fzipp/pythia) - A browser-based UI for Go Guru. |
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| ## Visualization |
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| - [godepgraph](https://github.com/kisielk/godepgraph) - A tool for generating dependency graphs of Go code. |
| - [go-size-analyzer](https://github.com/Zxilly/go-size-analyzer) - A tool that shows the size of each dependency of a Go binary. |
