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Setup Go Development Environment

The followings are the recommended tools to set up:

  • delve
  • golangci-lint

delve

Installing delve:

go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest

Navigate here to see more details.

golangci-lint

Two methods shown here to install golangci-lint:

  • Using the official script
  • Using mise

Installing golangci-lint using the official script:

Using the official script

Use pre-built binary (Recommended)

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/HEAD/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.5.0

Use go toolchain (aren’t guaranteed to work)

go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.5.0

Reference: golangci-lint documentation

Using mise

mise use golangci-lint -g