How to jump to Go language in VSCode

Today, I will introduce to you how to use VSCode for Go language development. As a feature-rich integrated development environment, VSCode has many features that are convenient for developers, including jumps, auto-completion, code formatting, etc. In this article, I will focus on how to jump to Go language in VSCode.

Go language is a fast, strongly typed programming language, designed by Google in 2007, mainly used for efficient network programming and concurrent programming. Because of its simplicity, ease of learning, efficiency and stability, more and more programmers are beginning to use Go for development. VSCode is a free, open source, cross-platform integrated development environment developed by Microsoft. The combination of the two can greatly improve development efficiency and provide a better coding experience.

In the development process of Go language, faced with many functions that are in-depth layer by layer, we often need to jump to the function definition to view the specific implementation to better understand the code. Next, let us discuss how to jump to Go language quickly and conveniently in VSCode.

First, we need to install the Go plug-in in VSCode. This plug-in provides many functions, including code highlighting, auto-completion and code jumping. Search for the Go plug-in in "Extensions" in the VSCode sidebar and install it.

After the installation is complete, we need to install the Go programming language locally. The installation tutorial of Go language can be found on the official website, or you can also install it easily using the command line.

Next, we open a Go language project, open a .go file in VSCode, and enter the code editing interface. We can see that the status bar below displays the type and folder of the current file, and also displays the version number of the Go language. This shows that we have successfully associated the Go plug-in with VSCode.

Now, we need to jump. In the Go language, we can use the import keyword to introduce the code of other modules, as shown below:

import "fmt"

On this line of code, we press the Ctrl key (or Command key) and click the left mouse button at the same time key. Immediately, VSCode will automatically jump to the code in the fmt package and keep the cursor on the definition line of the fmt package. This shows that we have successfully made the jump.

For function jumps, fast jumps can also be performed. As shown below:

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, world!")
}

We press the Ctrl key (or Command key) and click the Println keyword at the same time, VSCode will automatically jump to the Println function in the fmt package Defining.

In addition to using Ctrl and left-clicking to jump, you can also use shortcut keys. By default, VSCode uses the F12 key to jump. We only need to place the cursor on the function name we want to jump to and press the F12 key to jump.

In order to better use the jump function, we can set some shortcut keys. Open "File" - "Preferences" - "Keyboard Shortcuts" - "Advanced" - "Editor Behavior", enter "go to definition" in the search box, you can see commonly used options, you can choose your favorite Shortcut keys to set.

Here, there is another little trick. For the Go language file that has been opened, we can see its full function list in the "Navigation" in the sidebar. In this way, we can quickly browse all the function lists in the file and jump at any time.

In short, in the development of Go language, code jumping is very important for understanding code logic and rapid development. With its powerful extension functions and the support provided by the Go plug-in, VSCode makes the quick jump function very convenient. Jumps are an indispensable tool both during development and when reading other people's code. After studying this article, I believe you can happily jump to code in Go language development in the way you like.

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