zshongyi / GoDT

Eclipse Golang Development Tooling

GoDT - Eclipse Golang Development Tooling

GoDT is Eclipse plugin that helps with writing golang code inside Eclipse editor.
It greatly facilitates writing of golang code with help of gopls (the Go language server).

Implemented features:

• Code syntax highlighting
• Automatic completion
• Go to definition
• Other LSP support features
• build
• go mod commands
• go project neature

Next in development plan:

• Code debugging

Screenshots

Installation

Prerequisites:

• installed Eclipse
• installed golang (go) and PATH environment variable points to it

If you want to download Eclipse -> https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
If you want to download golang -> https://go.dev/

This section will describe three (3) methods of installation.

1. method - Using Eclipse Marketplace Client inside Eclipse

   Start 'Eclipse Marketplace' with going to main menu: Help->Eclipse Marketplace
   locate find entry box and write golang in it and then press button Go
   after search finishes somewhere in list you will find GoDT and follow procedure afterwards

2. method - Using web (browser)

   Go to https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-golang-development-tooling
   then follow instruction on the page

3. method - Using Install New Software inside Eclipse

   follow instruction on how to add new software repository to Eclipse
   on second step under Location enter: https://zshongyi.github.io/GoDT/update/site.xml
   after that just proceed with remaining steps