Snippington Golang Basic
This VSCode extension provides a comprehensive collection of useful Golang snippets to accelerate your Go development workflow.
50+ Snippets for Golang Development
Most of the snippets are based on examples from gobyexample.com.
Features
- Consistent prefix pattern (
go:) for easy discovery
- Covers essential Go patterns and constructs
- Properly formatted with placeholders for customization
- Organized by category (basics, functions, data structures, concurrency, HTTP)
Available Snippets
| Prefix |
Description |
go: hello |
Go Hello World app |
go: pkg |
Set a Go package name |
go: fn |
A simple function |
go: func |
A simple function |
go: func-public |
A simple public function |
go: print |
Print to console |
go: main |
Main Function |
go: var |
Variable |
go: short-var |
Short variable |
go: const |
Constant |
go: switch |
Switch |
go: arr |
Array |
go: slice |
Slice |
go: map |
Map |
go: range |
Range |
go: func-mult |
Function with multiple values returned |
go: func-variadic |
Variadic functions |
go: pointer |
Pointer |
go: struct |
Struct |
go: struct-embedded |
Embedded struct |
go: struct-method |
Method for a struct |
go: error |
Raise error |
go: routine-anon |
Anonymous goroutine |
go: routine-basic |
Basic goroutine |
go: channel |
Channel |
go: channel-buffered |
Buffered channel |
go: channel-wait-select |
Using select to wait on channels |
go: channels-range |
Range over channels |
go: worker-pools |
Worker pools |
go: waitgroup |
WaitGroup declaration |
go: waitgroup-snippet |
WaitGroup implementation snippet |
go: mutex-snippet |
Mutex implementation snippet |
go: server-hello |
HTTP Server Hello World |
go: server-set-header |
HTTP Server Set Header |
go: server-form-post-value |
HTTP Server Get Form Post Value |
go: server-query-string |
HTTP Server Get Query String Value |
go: server-return-json |
HTTP Server return JSON snippet |
go: server-serve-image |
HTTP Server serve an image |
go: server-serve-static |
HTTP Server serve static files |
go: server-middleware |
HTTP Server Middleware |
go: server-file-upload |
HTTP Server File Upload Handler |
go: server-logging-middleware |
Server middleware for logging |
go: server-chained-middleware-sample |
Chained Middleware sample app |
go: unit-test |
Unit Test |
go: cli-args |
Read Command Line Args |
go: interface |
Define interface |
go: file-write |
Write to file |
go: write-to-log |
Write to log file |
go: env-get |
Get environment variable |
go: env-set |
Set environment variable |
Installation
- Open VS Code
- Press
Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS)
- Type
ext install snp-go-basic
- Press Enter
Usage
In any Go file, start typing go: to see a list of available snippets and select the one you need.
Feedback and Contributions
If you find any issues or have suggestions for new snippets, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.
License
MIT
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