Hello! My question is basically what the title says. I’m searching for an IDE/text editor for Go development and am wondering if anybody knows an alternative to these. Here is the list of software I tried:

  • I’ve tried NeoVim but I really don’t want to waste time doing text-based configuration and messing with extensions just to get some basic features working.

  • I tried VSCodium but it doesn’t exist in my system software repositories (I’m currently on Chimera Linux), and the flatpak version can’t run any system commands.

  • GoLand and Sublime Text are proprietary & paid.

It seems the market for IDEs is pretty small, so I wouldn’t really be surprised if nothing existed that fit these criteria, but thanks for any answers in advance!

Edit: I’ve settled with Lite-XL which seems to be a great editor. Thanks for all of your great recommendations!

  • nous@programming.devEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’ve tried NeoVim but I really don’t want to waste time doing text-based configuration and messing with extensions just to get some basic features working.

    This is the reason I switched to helix. Comes out the box with what you would expect so you dont need 10s of plugins and 100s of lines of config to get a base line experience.

    • theshatterstone54
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, but what happens when you’re too used to using Emacs with evil mode, vi mode in the shell, and (neo)vim for a long time? And now you have to start using helix and its own bindings. If there was a helix with full vim bindings (and plugins, for custom themes) support, I’d probably be using it right now.

      • nous@programming.devEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I did not find it very had to relearn the difference in bindings. Quite a lot are actually the same but one big difference is the selection before action rather than vims movement then action. Which IMO I find the helix way nicer after using it for a while. Never really lost the ability to use vim either and I can switch between them with relative ease. Though I do miss the helix way of working when I am forced to use vi input on things.