Get started with Go Development on Windows

1. Prepare Windows for Golang and Container development

• Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
• Setting Up Docker for Windows and WSL to Work Flawlessly
• Sharing SSH keys between Windows and WSL

2. Install and Upgrade Go

• Install Go on Ubuntu
• How to update the Go version
• Go Downloads page

3. Install GO Tools for VSCode in WSL

• Open VSCode in WSL
• Install GO Tools for VSCode in WSL - Troubleshoot

sudo chmod a+w /home/<user>/.cache

4. Remove Go package installed with “go get”

sudo rm -rf $GOPATH/pkg/mod/<pkg_name>

5. Go Module

• Why is GO111MODULE everywhere, and everything about Go Modules

To run Go codes outside of $GOPATH/src, use Go Modules:

go mod init <module_name>

6. Debug Go in VSCode in WSL

No. You can’t debug Go in WSL. It’s a known limitation of WSL. It is addressed in WSL2.

• WSL Known Limitations

7. Go tutorials

• Go Introductory Tutorials
• Go by Examples

8. Go limitations

The limitations I don’t like:

• Go build errors are vague
• Go packages management is a mess
• No lambda method
• No generic collection method, like filter, map, sort
• No ?: operator
• No default parameter values for func