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IDE/Text Editor Recommendations for Go Development on Linux (sh.itjust.works)
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Hello! My question is basically what the title says. I'm searching for an IDE/text editor for Go development and am wondering if anybody knows an alternative to these. Here is the list of software I tried:

  • I've tried NeoVim but I really don't want to waste time doing text-based configuration and messing with extensions just to get some basic features working.

  • I tried VSCodium but it doesn't exist in my system software repositories (I'm currently on Chimera Linux), and the flatpak version can't run any system commands.

  • GoLand and Sublime Text are proprietary & paid.

It seems the market for IDEs is pretty small, so I wouldn't really be surprised if nothing existed that fit these criteria, but thanks for any answers in advance!

Edit: I've settled with Lite-XL which seems to be a great editor. Thanks for all of your great recommendations!

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[-] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 11 points 3 months ago

Why not just download a binary and/or make your own binary from the vscodium github page?

They've got a ton of statically linked ones to chose from that should be simple to just untar and run.

[-] fernlike3923@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I would really prefer getting the text editor from flatpak or the system package manager for auto-updates, though I'm not sure if the binaries you mention also get auto-updates.

[-] sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago
  1. Install nix.
  2. nix profile install nixpkgs#vscodium
  3. nix profile upgrade '.*'

Won't auto update but you could add the upgrade command to a login script or something.

Won't lie, nix has a high learning curve to get the most out of it, but installing a single app is pretty simple.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Codium auto updates itself, yes.

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