Go Playground VSCode Extension

Play with Go in your own Playground.

This extension can help those who want to start learning GO or experiment with golang without creating projects or even installing the compiler locally.

Getting started

• How to install
• Extension Settings
  • Commands
  • Keywords
• Releases

Installation

Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.

ext install ArtsemHutarau.go-playground

Or follow the marketplace link for more info.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

Commands List

• go-playground.play: activates extension (call the currently open .go file to play if provided)
• go-playground.changeSanboxDir: changes path of the sandboxes directory
• go-playground.refreshSanboxDir: refreshes sandboxes directory
• go-playground.newSandbox: creates new sandbox
• go-playground.newToy: creates new toy
• go-playground.newEnv: creates new environment
• go-playground.cancelRunning: cancel running playground command

Keywords

Environment - the command (or list of commands) to launch the sandbox. May contain any OS-specific directives.

example> go run main.go 

Sandox - in the current version of the extension, it's just a file with .go extension.

Sandoxes Directory - directory that contains the sanbox files (with .go extension). Used to store all sandbox files in one place.

Toy - predefined go-code to play with.

Notebook - consists of a sequence of cells and their outputs. The cells of a notebook can be either Markdown cells or code cells, and are rendered within the core of VS Code.

Release Notes

[0.4.0] [0.4.1]

• Added Cancel running button on StatusBar to cancel current running operation.
• Adeed notebooks support for running go code from the *.gobook files. See example file hello-world.gobook

[0.3.0]

• Added Wiki view.

0.2.0

• Added Environments view.
• Added possibility to define custom toys.
• Fixed bugs.

0.1.0

• Fixed bug with undefined file name for a new created sandbox
• Added extension icon
• Added async output for local runned sandboxes

0.0.2

• Fixed bug with undefined initial value for a new created sandbox
• Sandbox directory settings are now saved in the global target space
• Added commands description

0.0.1

• Initial release