{"id":2872,"date":"2017-08-14T04:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2024-12-19T08:49:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:49:16","slug":"golang-guide-list-top-golang-frameworks-ides-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/golang-guide-list-top-golang-frameworks-ides-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Golang Guide: A List of Top Golang Frameworks, IDEs &#038; Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/golang-guide-list-top-golang-frameworks-ides-tools\/#Golang_frameworks\" title=\"Golang frameworks\">Golang frameworks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/golang-guide-list-top-golang-frameworks-ides-tools\/#Frameworks_for_Golang\" title=\"Frameworks for Golang\">Frameworks for Golang<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/golang-guide-list-top-golang-frameworks-ides-tools\/#Integrated_Development_Environment_IDEs_for_Golang\" title=\"Integrated Development Environment (IDEs) for Golang\">Integrated Development Environment (IDEs) for Golang<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/golang-guide-list-top-golang-frameworks-ides-tools\/#Tools_for_Golang\" title=\"Tools for Golang\">Tools for Golang<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/golang-guide-list-top-golang-frameworks-ides-tools\/#Wrapping_It_Up\" title=\"Wrapping It Up\">Wrapping It Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Golang_frameworks\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golang frameworks<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its introduction, Google\u2019s Go Programming Language (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/golang.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golang<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) has been experiencing an increasing popularity among mainstream users. In a December 2016 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.golang.org\/survey2016-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 89% of the 3,595 respondents claimed that they program in Go at work or outside of work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Go ranks highest among the programming languages in terms of expertise and preference. This July 2017, Go ranks 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiobe.com\/tiobe-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiobe&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Programming Language of the Year, jumping from its 55<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ranking last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly, Go is attracting many programmers from various disciplines and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">software development outsourcing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> professionals. And it\u2019s safe to say that this is due to the ease of using Go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a compiled, open-source programming language, Go makes it easy for developers to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. It is the product of the innovation and evolution of the more conservative languages such as C and C++.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Go, the amount of code typing is reduced and writing robust APIs without sacrificing its performance has become easier. Designed for scalability and concurrency, Go makes optimizations possible. A compiler can perform all the code inspection work before runtime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve compiled a list of the top frameworks, IDEs, and tools for Golang for your quick reference. Bookmark it on your browser so that you can come back whenever you\u2019re working with Go!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frameworks_for_Golang\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Frameworks for Golang<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web frameworks help developers build applications as easily and quickly as possible. Go is still relatively new, so it\u2019s important to use frameworks with sufficient documentation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are 9 frameworks you can use to help you build projects using the Go Language.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>1. Revel<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a high productivity framework for Go, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/revel.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> includes a Hot Code Reload tool that lets you rebuild your project on every file change. It also includes a wide variety of comprehensive and high-performance features, so you don\u2019t need to find external libraries to integrate into the framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2878 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Revel.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Revel\" width=\"1219\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Revel.png 1219w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Revel-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Revel-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Revel-1024x396.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1219px) 100vw, 1219px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. Beego<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beego<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a full-fledged MVC framework with its own logging library, ORM, and web frameworks. You don\u2019t need to find and install third-party libraries. It features a built-in tool called Bee Tool that watches out for code changes and runs tasks when changes are detected. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beego will save you a lot of hours, especially in the beginning of a project when you\u2019re figuring out the logging framework or application structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2881 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Beego.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Beego\" width=\"1211\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Beego.png 1211w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Beego-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Beego-768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Beego-1024x309.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1211px) 100vw, 1211px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>3. Martini<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by Sinatra, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/go-martini\/martini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martini<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an extremely light but powerful framework. It was developed for writing modular web applications and services in Golang. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features a non-intrusive design that\u2019s quick and easy to use and includes a wide range of handlers and middleware. It\u2019s capable of performing basic routing, exception handling, and default document serving for AngularJS apps in HTML5 mode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2883 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Martini\" width=\"1379\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini.png 1379w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini-300x16.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini-768x41.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini-1024x54.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1379px) 100vw, 1379px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martini\u2019s best feature is its use of reflection, which lets developers dynamically insert data into the handler functions and add new services. Martini is also fully compatible with the http.HandlerFunc interface. The downside, though, is that the Martini framework is no longer maintained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2882 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini-2.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Martini 2\" width=\"430\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini-2.png 430w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Martini-2-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>4. Gin Gonic<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gin Gonic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a web framework with a martini-like API, but with much better performance. If you\u2019ve used Martini before, then you\u2019ll be familiar with Gin Gonic. Otherwise, it will only take you 10 minutes to learn Gin. It\u2019s that easy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gin Gonic is a minimalistic framework that includes only the most essential libraries and features. This makes it perfect for developing high-performance REST APIs. Plus, it\u2019s 40 times faster than Martini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can add middleware, nested groups, JSON validation, and rendering, but it still maintains its optimum performance. Gin Gonic uses httprouter, the fastest HTTP router for Go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2884 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gin-Gonic.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Gin Gonic\" width=\"1417\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gin-Gonic.png 1417w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gin-Gonic-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gin-Gonic-768x281.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gin-Gonic-1024x374.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1417px) 100vw, 1417px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>5. Buffalo<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building new web applications with Go is quick and simple with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/gobuffalo\/buffalo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffalo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. When you\u2019re starting a new project, Buffalo already has everything setup for you\u2014from front-end to back-end development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features Hot Reloading, which means that dev command will watch your .go and .html files automatically. It will then rebuild and restart your binary for you. Just run the dev command, and you\u2019ll see the changes go live right before your eyes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffalo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is more than just a framework \u2013 it\u2019s a holistic web development eco-system that lets you get straight to building your application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2885 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Buffalo.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Buffalo\" width=\"891\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Buffalo.png 891w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Buffalo-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Buffalo-768x158.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>6. Goji<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goji.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goji<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a lightweight and fast web framework that has composability and simplicity as its main priority. Much like net\/http.ServeMux, Goji is a minimalistic HTTP request multiplexer. It includes Einhorn support, which makes it possible for you to have websocket support in Goji.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional features include URL patterns, re-configurable middleware stack, graceful shutdown, and more. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/zenazn\/goji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goji<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be used in production and has served billions of requests across several organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2886 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Goji.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Goji\" width=\"1244\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Goji.png 1244w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Goji-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Goji-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Goji-1024x474.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1244px) 100vw, 1244px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>7. Tiger Tonic<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by Dropwizard, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/rcrowley\/go-tigertonic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger Tonic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Go framework for developing JSON web services and building high-performance REST APIs. To stay true to the principles of Golang, Tiger Tonic strives to keep features orthogonal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The downside to Tiger Tonic is its inadequacy when it comes to building large, back-end applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Tiger-Tonic.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Tiger Tonic\" width=\"1374\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Tiger-Tonic.png 1374w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Tiger-Tonic-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Tiger-Tonic-768x46.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Tiger-Tonic-1024x61.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1374px) 100vw, 1374px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>8. Gocraft<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another powerful yet minimalistic framework, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/gocraft\/web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gocraft<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers fast and scalable routing performance. It adds routing to the net\/http package from the standard library. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gocraft is a Go mux and middleware package that features casting and reflection capabilities so that you can type your code statically. You can also add an optional functionality with the built-in middleware or write your own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since performance is always one of the top concerns for developers, Gocraft is a great choice for developers. It\u2019s very easy to write backend web applications using the Gocraft framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2888 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gocraft.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Gocraft\" width=\"1384\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gocraft.png 1384w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gocraft-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gocraft-768x47.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Gocraft-1024x62.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1384px) 100vw, 1384px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>9. Mango<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/paulbellamy\/mango\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mango<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not actively maintained by its creator, Paul Bellamy, a lot of Go users still use it. The great thing about Mango is its modularity. You can choose from a variety of libraries to include in your project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mango lets you build reusable modules of HTTP functionality as quickly and easily as possible. It compiles a list of middleware and application into a single http server object to keep your code self-contained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Mango.png\" alt=\"Golang Framework Mango\" width=\"1381\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Mango.png 1381w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Mango-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Mango-768x47.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Framework-Mango-1024x62.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1381px) 100vw, 1381px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Integrated_Development_Environment_IDEs_for_Golang\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Integrated Development Environment (IDEs) for Golang<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDEs for Golang are gaining popularity, along with the Go Language. While many developers still prefer to use text editors, many prefer to use IDEs as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re working on a large-scale project with an extensive codebase, an IDE can help you organize your code and navigate it with ease. Furthermore, IDEs can help you test your code and edit them accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the top IDEs that work great with Golang.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>1. Gogland<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software development company JetBrains released another reliable IDE, but this time, for Golang. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gogla<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a commercial IDE that provides a robust ergonomic environment for Go developers. It also features coding assistance, debugger, and an integrated terminal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because an established company created Gogland, it has an extensive IntelliJ plugin ecosystem where you can get additional tools should you need more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Gogland.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Gogland\" width=\"1633\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Gogland.png 1633w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Gogland-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Gogland-768x262.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Gogland-1024x350.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1633px) 100vw, 1633px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. Visual Studio Code<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created by Microsoft, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Studio Code<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a full-featured, open-source IDE and code editor that supports a wide variety of programming languages. It features smart completion with IntelliSense; debugging using break points, call stacks, and an interactive console; built-in Git integration; and hierarchical folder and file explorer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As another popular IDE, Visual Studio Code has a supportive community of Go developers that regularly contribute. With Visual Studio Code, you can extend functionalities with the array of available plugins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Visual-Studio-Code.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Visual Studio Code\" width=\"1473\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Visual-Studio-Code.png 1473w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Visual-Studio-Code-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Visual-Studio-Code-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Visual-Studio-Code-1024x426.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1473px) 100vw, 1473px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>3. LiteIDE<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/visualfc\/liteide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LiteIDE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is among the first Golang-centric, open-source IDEs that was created more than 5 years ago. As a C++ Qt application with a unique look and feel, LiteIDE offers code management, configurable build commands, gdb and Delve debugger, auto-completion and theming with WordApi, MIME type based system, and more. It also provides JSON and Golang support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-LiteIDE.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE LiteIDE\" width=\"708\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-LiteIDE.png 708w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-LiteIDE-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>4. Wide<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wide<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a web-based IDE for Golang programmers. It\u2019s designed for collaborative development and works best for teams and web development agencies. Wide features include code highlight, debugging, Git integration, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Wide is created and maintained by a Chinese developer, most of its documentation and support are in Chinese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Wide.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Wide\" width=\"1445\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Wide.png 1445w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Wide-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Wide-768x208.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Wide-1024x278.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1445px) 100vw, 1445px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>5. Atom with go-plus plugin<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re already using Atom, your code editing experience in Golang can be improved with an open-source package called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atom.io\/packages\/go-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">go-plus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With go-plus, you get instant, real-time feedback on your syntax and build errors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atom.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Atom\" width=\"840\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atom.png 840w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atom-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atom-768x339.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The go-plus package offers almost all Golang support in Atom. It can also be used for tools, build flows, linters, vet and coverage tools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go-plus also includes various code snippets and features such as autocomplete with gocode, code formatting with gofmt, goreturns, or goimports, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2895 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atomgo-plus.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Atom+go-plus\" width=\"809\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atomgo-plus.png 809w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atomgo-plus-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Atomgo-plus-768x212.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>6. Eclipse with GoClipse<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Eclipse is a widely popular IDE, numerous plugins have been created for it. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/GoClipse\/goclipse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GoClipse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Eclipse plugin for Golang that offers Go source code editing with configurable syntax highlighting and automatic indentation and brace completion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GoClipse also serves as a project wizard and builder that reports syntax and build errors instantly. Additional features of GoClipse include debugging functionality and code assist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2896 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-EclipseGoClipse.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Eclipse+GoClipse\" width=\"844\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-EclipseGoClipse.png 844w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-EclipseGoClipse-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-EclipseGoClipse-768x272.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>7. Sublime Text with GoSublime<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sublimetext.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sublime Text<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is another sophisticated text editor with a large community of contributors and developers. As such, a wide variety of plugins has been created for this IDE. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/DisposaBoy\/GoSublime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GoSublime<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Golang plugin for Sublime Text 3 that offers code completion from Gocode, lint\/syntax check while you\u2019re wiring code, automatic addition and removal of package imports, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-GoSublime.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE GoSublime\" width=\"1384\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-GoSublime.png 1384w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-GoSublime-300x17.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-GoSublime-768x44.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-GoSublime-1024x59.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1384px) 100vw, 1384px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>8. Vim with vim-go plugin<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vim is a free, open-source IDE that can be customized and configured with various plugins. If you\u2019re a Golang programmer, you can use Vim with the vim-go plugin created by Fatih Arslan. Vim-go automatically installs all the necessary binaries for providing a smooth Vim integration for Golang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fatih\/vim-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vim-go<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a powerful plugin suite for writing and developing Go. Its features include advanced source code analysis, adding and removing import paths, multiple 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> liner support, goto definition, quick file executions, and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vim-go is highly customizable, with individual features that can be enabled or disabled according to your need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Vim-Go.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Vim-Go\" width=\"1260\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Vim-Go.png 1260w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Vim-Go-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Vim-Go-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Vim-Go-1024x398.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>9. Komodo<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activestate.com\/komodo-ide\/golang-editor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Komodo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a full-featured Go language IDE that supports other programming languages such as Node.js, Python, Ruby, Perl, and more. With this Go IDE, you can write clean code easily. Its features include an advanced code editor, intelligent code completion, syntax checking, version control and unit testing, and a Go Code Intelligence that allows code browsing and code hinting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great thing about Komodo is that it works great for team collaboration since multiple developers can edit a document simultaneously. Komodo can be installed on Mac, Windows, or Linux with just one license.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2899\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Komodo.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE Komodo\" width=\"1255\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Komodo.png 1255w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Komodo-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Komodo-768x121.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-Komodo-1024x162.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1255px) 100vw, 1255px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>10. IntelliJ IDEA with Go Language (golang.org) Support Plugin<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IntelliJ IDEA (same company as JetBrains) is an IDE that can be used with Golang through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plugins.jetbrains.com\/plugin\/5047-go-language-golang-org-support-plugin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go language support plugin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you want to use IntelliJ IDEA with Golang, you need to install this plugin, albeit with limited features as opposed to Gogland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2900\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-IntelliJ-IDEA-Golang-Support.png\" alt=\"Golang IDE IntelliJ IDEA Golang Support\" width=\"1020\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-IntelliJ-IDEA-Golang-Support.png 1020w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-IntelliJ-IDEA-Golang-Support-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-IDE-IntelliJ-IDEA-Golang-Support-768x206.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tools_for_Golang\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Tools for Golang<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golang tools can be used for a wide variety of projects and web applications. Developers can write code and build applications as quickly and easily as possible with these helpful tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a list of the top Golang tools for your reference.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>1. Apicompat<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bradleyfalzon\/apicompat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apicompat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a new Go language tool that helps developers detect backwards, incompatible changes and exported declarations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Apicompat, you can avoid false positives. However, not every backwards incompatible change can be detected by Apicompat. Swapping argument parameters and other changes still need to be considered by the library author.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Apicompat.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Apicompat\" width=\"1226\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Apicompat.png 1226w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Apicompat-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Apicompat-768x162.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Apicompat-1024x215.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. Checkstyle<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by Java Checkstyle, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/qiniu\/checkstyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Checkstyle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Golang prints out coding style suggestions. It also lets developers check file line\/function and line\/param number, which can then be configured by the user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Checkstyle.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Checkstyle\" width=\"1370\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Checkstyle.png 1370w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Checkstyle-300x17.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Checkstyle-768x44.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Checkstyle-1024x58.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1370px) 100vw, 1370px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>3. Depth<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/KyleBanks\/depth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is another useful Golang tool that helps web developers retrieve and visualize Go source code dependency trees. It can be used as a standalone command-line application or as a particular package within your own project. You can add customizations by simply setting the appropriate flags on the Tree before resolving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Depth.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Depth\" width=\"1187\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Depth.png 1187w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Depth-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Depth-768x197.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Depth-1024x262.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>4. Go-Swagger<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This toolkit includes a wide variety of features and functions. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/go-swagger\/go-swagger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go-Swagger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an implementation of Swagger 2.0, and can serialize and deserialize swagger specifications. It\u2019s a minimalist yet powerful representation of your RESTful API.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Go-Swagger, you can swagger spec document, validate against jsonschema, and other extra rules. Other features include code generation, API generation based on swagger specs, spec document generation based on the code, extended string formats, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2904\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Swagger.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Go-Swagger\" width=\"902\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Swagger.png 902w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Swagger-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Swagger-768x338.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>5. Go Meta Linter<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need to run Go lint tools and normalize their output concurrently, that\u2019s exactly what <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alecthomas\/gometalinter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go Meta Linter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can do for you. Go Meta Linter is intended to be used with a text editor or an IDE integration such as Sublime Linter plugin, Atom go-plus package, Emacs Flycheck checker, Vim\/Neovim, and Go for Visual Studio Code. It also supports a wide variety of linters and configuration files like JSON.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Meta-Linter.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Go Meta Linter\" width=\"1393\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Meta-Linter.png 1393w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Meta-Linter-300x17.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Meta-Linter-768x45.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Meta-Linter-1024x60.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1393px) 100vw, 1393px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>6. Go-callvis<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TrueFurby\/go-callvis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go-callvis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a web development tool that allows you to visualize the call graph of your Go program with Graphviz&#8217;s dot format. This tool is especially useful when building large projects with complex codebases. This is also useful when you want to understand another developer\u2019s code structure or rebuild someone else\u2019s project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">go-callvis<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, developers can focus specific package within a program; group functions according to package and methods according to type; and limit packages to custom path prefixes, and ignore those that contain them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Callvis.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Go-Callvis\" width=\"825\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Callvis.png 825w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Callvis-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-Callvis-768x252.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>7. Gonative<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/inconshreveable\/gonative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gonative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a simple Golang tool that lets you build Go toolchains with native libs, which can be cross-compiled while still utilizing the Cgo-enabled versions of the stdlib packages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gonative downloads the binary distributions for each platform and copies their libraries into its proper places. At the same time, Gonative sets the correct mod time to avoid unnecessary rebuilds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, Gonative remains untested on Windows. Additionally, there\u2019s no Linux\/arm support provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2907 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gonative.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Gonative\" width=\"1398\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gonative.png 1398w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gonative-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gonative-768x46.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gonative-1024x61.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1398px) 100vw, 1398px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>8. Grapes<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yaronsumel\/grapes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grapes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a lightweight Golang tool designed to distribute commands over ssh easily. It\u2019s written and actively maintained by Yaron Sumel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grapes will soon support full host key validation, so that\u2019s something developers should watch out for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2908 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Grapes.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Grapes\" width=\"1293\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Grapes.png 1293w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Grapes-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Grapes-768x165.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Grapes-1024x219.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1293px) 100vw, 1293px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>9. Gosimple<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great thing about this Golang linter is that it focuses on simplifying Go source code. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dominikh\/go-tools\/tree\/master\/cmd\/gosimple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gosimple<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> always targets the latest Go version, so it requires Go version 1.6 or later. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s a new Go release, gosimple will suggest the easiest and simplest methods to avoid complicated constructs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2909 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gosimple.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Gosimple\" width=\"1277\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gosimple.png 1277w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gosimple-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gosimple-768x103.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Gosimple-1024x137.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>10. Go Vendor<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kardianos\/govendor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go Vendor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the Golang tool that works with the standard Vendor folder. It allows developers to copy existing dependencies from $GOPATH with govendor add\/update. You can also directly pull new dependencies or update existing dependencies with govendor fetch and move legacy systems with govendor migrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2910 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-vendor.png\" alt=\"Golang Tool Go-vendor\" width=\"1266\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-vendor.png 1266w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-vendor-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-vendor-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/intelligentbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Golang-Tool-Go-vendor-1024x122.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1266px) 100vw, 1266px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wrapping_It_Up\"><\/span><b>Wrapping It Up<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re coming from a JS\/Node background, you need to learn some new programming concepts such as coroutines, channels, strict typing with compilation, interfaces, structs, pointers, and some other differences. But, once you get into the groove, you\u2019ll find Golang easier and faster to use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golang frameworks Since its introduction, Google\u2019s Go Programming Language (Golang) has been experiencing an increasing popularity among mainstream users. 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