go-ide

Description

This project is a lightweight, Neovim integrated development environment (IDE) for Golang development.

Prerequisites

1. Install golang: https://golang.org/doc/install
2. Fix paths by adding the following to ~/.bashrc (Ubuntu) or ~/.bash_profile (Mac):

export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH

(make sure to run source ~/.bashrc / source ~/.bash_profile or open a new terminal to apply changes)

2. Install gocode: go get -u github.com/stamblerre/gocode
3. Install python support for neovim: pip3 install pynvim
4. Install neovim: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim
5. Install vim-plug: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug#installation

Installation

1. Make sure you meet the prerequisites above ^
2. Download the config file:

cd ~/Downloads/; wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plentiform/go-ide/master/init.vim

or

cd ~/Downloads/; curl -o init.vim https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plentiform/go-ide/master/init.vim

3. Make the configuration directory if it doesn't already exist: mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
4. Move the downloaded file to the correct location: mv ~/Downloads/init.vim ~/.config/nvim/.
5. Edit the new configuration file: nvim ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
6. If the plugins didn't automatically install, press colon : then type PlugInstall and press Enter
7. Use vim-go to install binaries, press colon : then type GoInstallBinaries and press Enter

Features

• File browser: nt

• File search: Ctrl-f

• Text search: / then type your search terms (find terms Enter, next n, previous N, clear highlight Ctrl-l)

• Go to definition: gd (traverse back with Ctrl-o)

• Method and property completion (cycle forward: Tab, cycle backward Shift-Tab, select Enter)

• Snippets / shortcuts (next input Ctrl-j, previous input Ctrl-k)

• Debugger

• Auto imports and tab formatting