Setup guide for Goland

Golang 1.11+ Go modules

Installation

For installing Goland or any other of the Jetbrains tools I recommend using the Jetbrains Toolbox. Link This makes installing and updating Goland a trivial matter and is available for free

Configuration

Setting

Once you have started Goland.

1. Click 'configure' button in the lower right corner
2. Click 'settings'
3. Click 'Go' on the top
4. Click 'Go Modules (vgo)'
5. Check 'Enable Go Modules (vgo) integration'
6. Apply and Exit settings

Usage

Once you have created your golang-project

1. Open a terminal
2. Write go mod init github.com/<username>/<repository>
3. Create main.go
4. Create src/yourmodule/yourmodule.go
5. Remember to capitalize the functions and types that you want exported from the class
6. Use the function in main.go and save
7. Goland should now have automatically added an import statement for your new function
8. Run the program by either
   • Right-clicking on main.go -> 'run go build main.go'
   • Writing go build main.go && ./main

Example of finished structure

.
├── src
|   └── yourmodule
|   	└── yourmodule.go
└── mod.go
└── main.go