Go

The Go functionality in IntelliJ IDEA is supported by the Go plugin. The Go plugin provides support of all the features that are available in GoLand, the standalone IDE for Go developers. With the Go plugin, you can work with Go tools, vendoring, Go modules, download new Go SDK versions right from the IDE, and use other Go-specific features.

First steps with Go in IntelliJ IDEA

These set of topics are focused on describing features, functionality, the application interface, and might help you to get started quickly.

Create a Go project	Learn how to create a Go project, download and install Go SDK.
GOROOT and GOPATH	Configure GOROOT and GOPATH environment variables for your project.
Go modules	Start with your Go modules project in a couple of clicks.
Go tools	Though IntelliJ IDEA does most of the Go tools functionality automatically, you can still run gofmt, goimports, go generate, and go vet manually.
Go templates	See what features IntelliJ IDEA has for `text/template` and `html/template` packages.
Build constraints and vendoring	Define rules under which files are included in the package and build your application only with dependency packages that are stored inside your project.
Using profiler labels	Label your goroutines with custom data to differentiate between during debugging.

Last modified: 08 March 2021