A Go IDE: Because Semantics Matter
summary
An IntelliJ-based Go IDE plugin is rewritten and released as nightly builds from Q1 2015 with a public release in Oct 2015, and it implements lexer, GrammarKit-generated parser, PSI, references, indices and a type inference layer so features like navigation, inspections, rename and Find Usages work reliably. It recovers from incomplete source to enable actions on broken code, implements a naive extract method refactoring without guru, tracks external changes with local history and undo, and plans templates, more refactorings and test debugging.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 3:50Development IDE language support with Intelli Platform
- 4:07Lexer
- 5:54Parser
- 8:19Inspection
- 9:36References
- 9:56IntelliJ Go
- 11:11AST-backed actions
- 11:48Common approach to Go development
- 12:11Built-in terminal
- 13:16Dealing with incomplete code
- 18:55Interaction
- 25:09Local History
- 25:32IDE benefits
- 26:20Plans
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