Templ Project Golang Extension Pack

Essential Go development environment for VSCode - comprehensive tooling for modern Go development

📦 What's Included

This extension pack includes 9 carefully selected extensions to enhance your golang development experience in vscode.

✅ Core Extensions (2)

These extensions are essential for golang development:

• Go - Rich Go language support for Visual Studio Code
• Error Lens - Improve highlighting of errors, warnings and other language diagnostics

💡 Additional Extensions (7)

These extensions provide extra functionality and convenience:

• Go Outliner - Go code outline explorer
• Go Test Explorer - Go Test Explorer for Visual Studio Code
• Go Fill Struct - Fill struct literals with default values
• Go Template Syntax Highlighter - Go Template Syntax Highlighter for Reply
• Go Doc - Show documentation of go symbols and packages
• Go Critic - Integration for the go-critic golang linter
• Go Asm - Syntax highlighting & autocomplete for Go assembly

🚀 Installation

Method 1: Install from Marketplace

1. Open Vscode
2. Go to Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Templ Project Golang Extension Pack"
4. Click "Install"

Method 2: Install via Command Line

code --install-extension @templ-project/golang-extension-pack

Method 3: Install from VSIX

1. Download the latest .vsix file from Releases
2. Open Vscode
3. Run Extensions: Install from VSIX... command
4. Select the downloaded file

⚙️ Configuration

After installation, you may want to configure some settings for optimal golang development:

go.useLanguageServer

"go.useLanguageServer": true

Use the Go language server (gopls) for enhanced features

go.formatTool

"go.formatTool": "goimports"

Use goimports for formatting (handles imports automatically)

go.lintTool

"go.lintTool": "golangci-lint"

Use golangci-lint for comprehensive linting

go.lintOnSave

"go.lintOnSave": "workspace"

Run linter on save for workspace files

go.vetOnSave

"go.vetOnSave": "workspace"

Run go vet on save for workspace files

go.buildOnSave

"go.buildOnSave": "workspace"

Build on save for workspace files

go.testOnSave

"go.testOnSave": false

Disable automatic test running on save (performance)

go.coverOnSave

"go.coverOnSave": false

Disable automatic coverage on save (performance)

go.gocodeAutoBuild

"go.gocodeAutoBuild": true

Enable automatic building for autocompletion

[go]

"[go]": {
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.organizeImports": "explicit"
  },
  "editor.tabSize": 4,
  "editor.insertSpaces": false,
  "editor.detectIndentation": false
}

Go-specific editor settings following Go conventions

[go.mod]

"[go.mod]": {
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.tabSize": 4,
  "editor.insertSpaces": false
}

Go module file specific settings

[go.sum]

"[go.sum]": {
  "editor.formatOnSave": false,
  "editor.tabSize": 4,
  "editor.insertSpaces": false
}

Go sum file specific settings (no formatting)

go.testFlags

"go.testFlags": [
  "-v",
  "-race"
]

Default flags for go test (verbose and race detection)

go.testTimeout

"go.testTimeout": "30s"

Test timeout duration

go.coverageDecorator

"go.coverageDecorator": {
  "type": "gutter",
  "coveredHighlightColor": "rgba(64,128,128,0.5)",
  "uncoveredHighlightColor": "rgba(128,64,64,0.25)"
}

Test coverage visualization settings

⌨️ Recommended Keybindings

• Run tests in current package: ctrl+shift+t
• Format Go code: ctrl+shift+f
• Run tests in current file: ctrl+shift+r
• Go to definition: f12
• Find all references: shift+f12

📝 Extension Details

🏷️ Categories

📄 License

Extension Pack License

This extension pack is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE.md for details.

Third-Party Extension Licenses

Important: Each extension included in this pack has its own license terms. templ-project is not responsible for the licensing, functionality, or security of third-party extensions.

Disclaimer

• We do not guarantee the functionality, security, or compatibility of included extensions
• We are not responsible for any issues caused by third-party extensions
• Users install and use extensions at their own risk
• Please review each extension's license and privacy policy before use

🤝 Contributing

Found an issue or want to suggest an extension? Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

📊 Extension Pack Stats

• Total Extensions: 9
• Required Extensions: 2
• Optional Extensions: 7
• Target IDE: vscode
• Language Focus: golang

This extension pack is maintained by templ-project and updated regularly to include the most useful golang development extensions.